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Fe$^{\bf{15+}}$ dielectronic recombination and the effects of configuration interaction between resonances with different captured electron principal quantum number

Atomic Physics 2015-05-20 v1

Abstract

Dielectronic recombination (DR) of Na-like Fe15+^{15+} forming Mg-like Fe14+^{14+} via excitation of a 2l2l core electron has been investigated. We find that configuration interaction (CI) between DR resonances with different captured electron principal quantum numbers nn can lead to a significant reduction in resonance strengths for n5n \geq 5. Previous theoretical work for this system has not considered this form of CI. Including it accounts for most of the discrepancy between previous theoretical and experimental results.

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@article{arxiv.1011.5410,
  title  = {Fe$^{\bf{15+}}$ dielectronic recombination and the effects of configuration interaction between resonances with different captured electron principal quantum number},
  author = {Duck-Hee Kwon and Daniel Wolf Savin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.5410},
  year   = {2015}
}