Abstract
Accurate analytical self‐consistent‐field (SCF) wavefunctions were calculated for the dysprosium laseractive ion, namely for Dy2+, (Z = 66), 4f 10 , 5 I . These ab initio calculations were done by the analytical SCF expansion method, with full exchange effects for all the 64 electrons included. All of the basis function exponents in the analytical expansions were exhaustively optimized. These results represent the only analytical wavefunctions for Dy2+ available at this time. Our usual accuracy criteria were satisfied in these calculations.