Radiative transition rates in the ground configuration of the phosphorus sequence from argon to ruthenium

New calculations of transition probabilities are presented for forbidden lines in the ground configuration of the phosphorus sequence from Ar to Ru. Relativistic contributions and configuration interaction effects were included in the framework of the HXR and HFR self-consistent-field methods. Energy levels and A values were computed in intermediate coupling with fitted or interpolated semi-empirical energy parameters. The variation in magnetic dipole and electric quadrupole oscillator strengths as a function of Z is extended beyond nickel to Z = 44. (orig.)