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Photoionization of astrophysically relevant atomic ions at PIPE

Atomic Physics 2020-08-19 v1 Astrophysics of Galaxies Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Plasma Physics

Abstract

We review recent work on the photoionization of atomic ions of astrophysical interest that has been carried out at the photon-ion merged-beams setup PIPE, a permanently installed end station at the XUV beamline P04 of the PETRAIII synchrotron radiation source operated by DESY in Hamburg, Germany. Our results on single and multiple L-shell photoionization of Fe+, Fe2+, and Fe3+ ions and on single and multiple K-shell photoionization of C-, C+, C4+, Ne+, and Si2+ ions are discussed in astrophysical contexts. Moreover, these experimental results bear witness of the fact, that the implementation of the photon-ion merged-beams method at one of the world's brightest synchrotron light sources has led to a breakthrough for the experimental study of atomic inner-shell photoionization processes with ions.

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@article{arxiv.2008.05264,
  title  = {Photoionization of astrophysically relevant atomic ions at PIPE},
  author = {Stefan Schippers and Alfred Müller},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.05264},
  year   = {2020}
}

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18 pages, 7 figures, 1 table, 113 references