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The low energy C IV dielectronic recombination (DR) rate coefficient associated with 2s-2p Delta n=0 excitations of this lithiumlike ion has been measured with high energy-resolution at the heavy-ion storage-ring TSR of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 S. Schippers , A. Mueller , G. Gwinner , J. Linkemann , A. A. Saghiri , A. Wolf

Reliably interpreting spectra from electron-ionized cosmic plasmas requires accurate ionization balance calculations for the plasma in question. However, much of the atomic data needed for these calculations have not been generated using…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 P. Bryans , N. R. Badnell , T. W. Gorczyca , J. M. Laming , W. Mitthumsiri , D. W. Savin

We have measured electron-ion recombination for Fe$^{9+}$ forming Fe$^{8+}$ and for Fe$^{10+}$ forming Fe$^{9+}$ using merged beams at the TSR heavy-ion storage-ring in Heidelberg. The measured merged beams recombination rate coefficients…

Using published measurements of dielectronic recombination (DR) resonance strengths and energies for C V to C IV and O VIII to O VII, we have calculated the DR rate coefficient for these ions. Our derived rates are in good agreement with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 D. W. Savin

We calculate the electron recombination rates with target ions W$^{q+}$, $q = 18$ -- $25$, as functions of electron energy and electron temperature (i.e. the rates integrated over the Maxwellian velocity distribution). Comparison with…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2017-06-28 C. Harabati , J. C. Berengut , V. V. Flambaum , V. A. Dzuba

We present multi-configuration Breit-Pauli distorted-wave photoionization (PI) cross sections and radiative recombination (RR) and dielectronic recombination (DR) rate coefficients for the first six krypton ions. These were calculated with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 N. C. Sterling

We present new experimentally measured and theoretically calculated rate coefficients for the electron-ion recombination of W$^{18+}$([Kr] $4d^{10}$ $4f^{10}$) forming W$^{17+}$. At low electron-ion collision energies, the merged-beam rate…

Recent spectroscopic models of active galactic nuclei (AGN) have indicated that the recommended electron-ion recombination rate coefficients for iron ions with partially filled M-shells are incorrect in the temperature range where these…

We report on comprehensive laboratory studies of the K-shell dielectronic recombination (DR) resonances of Fe XXV - XXI ions that prominently contribute to the hard X-ray spectrum of hot astrophysical plasmas. By scanning a monoenergetic…

The dielectronic recombination rate coefficients of N V and Ne VIII ions have been measured at a heavy-ion storage ring. The investigated energy ranges covered all dielectronic recombination resonances attached to 2s -> 2p (Delta n=0) core…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. Boehm , A. Mueller , S. Schippers , W. Shi , M. Fogle , P. Glans , R. Schuch , H. Danared

This review summarizes the present status of an ongoing experimental effort to provide reliable rate coefficients for dielectronic recombination of highly charged iron ions for the modeling of astrophysical and other plasmas. The…

Atomic and Molecular Clusters · Physics 2024-09-30 S. Schippers , M. Lestinsky , A. Müller , D. W. Savin , E. W. Schmidt , A. Wolf

For photoionized plasmas, electron energy-loss rates due to radiative recombination (RR) are required for thermal equilib- rium calculations, which assume a local balance between the energy gain and loss. While many calculations of total…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-02-22 Junjie Mao , Jelle Kaastra , N. R. Badnell

We have investigated dissociative recombination (DR) of NH$^+$ with electrons using a merged beams configuration at the TSR heavy-ion storage ring located at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg, Germany. We present…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-28 O. Novotný , M. Berg , D. Bing , H. Buhr , W. Geppert , M. Grieser , F. Grussie , C. Krantz , M. B. Mendes , C. Nordhorn , R. Repnow , D. Schwalm , B. Yang , A. Wolf , D. W. Savin

Unified recombination cross sections and rates are computed for (e + Fe XVIII) --> Fe XVII including non-resonant and resonant (radiative and di-electronic recombination, RR and DR) processes in an ab initio manner with relativistic fine…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Anil K. Pradhan , Sultana N. Nahar , Hong Lin Zhang

We report measured rate coefficients for electron-ion recombination for Si10+ forming Si9+ and for Si9+ forming Si8+, respectively. The measurements were performed using the electron-ion merged-beams technique at a heavy-ion storage ring.…

A unified scheme using the R-matrix method has been developed for electron-ion recombination subsuming heretofore separate treatments of radiative and dielectronic recombination (RR and DR). The ab initio coupled channel approach unifies…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Sultana N. Nahar , Anil K. Pradhan

We present multi-configuration Breit-Pauli AUTOSTRUCTURE calculations of distorted-wave photoionization (PI) cross sections, and total and partial final-state resolved radiative recombination (RR) and dielectronic recombination (DR) rate…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 N. C. Sterling , Michael C. Witthoeft

Most astrophysical plasmas entail a balance between ionization and recombination. We present new results from the powerful R-matrix method which yields in an ab initio manner: (I) self-consistent photoionization and recombination cross…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sultana N. Nahar

The rate coefficient for radiative and dielectronic recombination of berylliumlike magnesium ions was measured with high resolution at the Heidelberg heavy-ion storage ring TSR. In the electron-ion collision energy range 0-207 eV resonances…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Schippers , M. Schnell , C. Brandau , S. Kieslich , A. Mueller , A. Wolf

Aimed at ionization balance and spectral analysis of UV and X-ray sources, we present self-consistent sets of photoionization cross sections, recombination cross sections, and rate coefficients for Li-like O VI and He-like O VII.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Sultana N. Nahar , Anil K. Pradhan