Photoionization cross section of atomic cadmium using the multi-configuration Tamm-Dancoff approximation

The Multiconfiguration Tamm-Dancoff approximation (MCTD) is used to calculate the photoionization cross section of cadmium. Results are compared with available experimental data and also with earlier computations of the cross-section. We find that while earlier computations overestimated the photoionization cross section compared to experiment, the present MCTD computation underestimates the same.