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The non-Maxwellian $\kappa$-distributions have been detected in the solar transition region and flares. These distributions are characterized by a high-energy tail and a near-Maxwellian core and are known to have significant impact on the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Elena Dzifčáková , Jaroslav Dudík , Pavel Kotrč , František Fárník , Alena Zemanová

The 1s2-1s2l lines are the most intense He-like ions lines. They are used as spectroscopic diagnostics for solar active regions as well as for different laboratory plasmas. Nowadays, it exits very high spectral resolution instruments and,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jacques Dubau , Delphine Porquet

Solar physicists routinely utilize observations of Ar-like Fe IX and Cl-like Fe X emission to study a variety of solar structures. However, unidentified lines exist in the Fe IX and Fe X spectra, greatly impeding the spectroscopic…

In order to test the robustness and reliability of the new generation spectral-line identifier PyEMILI, as initially introduced in Paper I, in line identification and establish a reference/benchmark dataset for future spectroscopic studies,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-19 Zhijun Tu , Xuan Fang , Jorge García-Rojas , Robert Williams , Jifeng Liu

A detailed study of emission lines from Fe VII, Fe VIII and Fe IX observed by the EUV Imaging Spectrometer on board the Hinode satellite is presented. Spectra in the ranges 170-212 A and 246-292 A show strongly enhanced lines from the upper…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 P. R. Young , E. Landi

We have compiled a set of electron-impact multiple ionization (EIMI) cross sections for astrophysically relevant ions. EIMI can have a significant effect on the ionization balance of non-equilibrium plasmas. For example, it can be important…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-06 Michael Hahn , Alfred Mueller , Daniel Wolf Savin

New data for calculation of the ionization and recombination rates have have been published in the past few years. Most of these are included in CHIANTI database. We used these data to calculate collisional ionization and recombination…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-08 Elena Dzifcakova , Jaroslav Dudik

We have combined the detailed He I recombination model of Smits with the collisional transitions of Sawey & Berrington in order to produce new accurate helium emissivities that include the effects of collisional excitation from both the 2…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Robert A. Benjamin , Evan D. Skillman , Derck P. Smits

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

Deep high-dispersion spectroscopy of Galactic photoionized gaseous nebulae, mainly planetary nebulae and HII regions, has revealed numerous emission lines. As a key step of spectral analysis, identification of emission lines hitherto has…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-22 Zhijun Tu , Xuan Fang , Robert Williams , Jifeng Liu

With the goal of producing a reliable set of model atoms and singly-ionized ions for use in building NLTE model atmospheres, we have combined measured energy levels, critically-compiled line transition probabilities, and resonance-averaged…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 C. Allende Prieto , D. L. Lambert , I. Hubeny , T. Lanz

We present an updated release of the BaSTI (a Bag of Stellar Tracks and Isochrones) stellar model and isochrone library for a solar scaled heavy element distribution. The main input physics changed from the previous BaSTI release include…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-04-11 S. L. Hidalgo , A. Pietrinferni , S. Cassisi , M. Salaris , A. Mucciarelli , A. Savino , A. Aparicio , V. Silva Aguirre , K. Verma

X-ray missions with microcalorimeter technology will resolve spectral features with unprecedented detail. In this work, we improve the H-like K$\alpha$ energies for elements between 6 $\leq Z \leq$ 30 for the release version of the spectral…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-19 P. Chakraborty , G. J. Ferland , S. Bianchi , M. Chatzikos

The helium I line intensity ratio (LIR) method is used to measure the electron density ($n_e$) and temperature ($T_e$) of fusion-relevant plasmas. Although the collisional-radiative model (CRM) has been used to predict $n_e$ and $T_e$,…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-06-26 Shin Kajita

We've developed a scalable and sustainable online atomic data portal with an automated interface for easy update and addition of new data. The current portal provides energies, transition matrix elements, transition rates, radiative…

Trapped atomic ions find wide applications ranging from precision measurement to quantum information science and quantum computing. Among the different atomic species employed, beryllium ions are widely used due to its light mass and…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2021-06-10 Qiming Wu , Melina Filzinger , Yue Shi , Zhihui Wang , Jiehang Zhang

The computation of complex neutral/ionised chemical equilibrium compositions is invaluable to obtain scientific insights of, for example, the atmospheres of extrasolar planets and cool stars. We present FastChem 2, a new version of the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-28 Joachim W. Stock , Daniel Kitzmann , A. Beate C. Patzer

Large-scale self-consistent multiconfiguration Dirac--Hartree--Fock and relativistic configuration interaction calculations are reported for the $n \leq 6$ levels in Be-like ions from B II to Ne VII. Effects from electron correlation are…

We present He-like line ratios (resonance, intercombination and forbidden lines) for totally and partially photoionized media. For solar plasmas, these line ratios are already widely used for density and temperature diagnostics of coronal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Delphine Porquet , Jacques Dubau

We present a new database of stellar evolution models for a large range of masses and chemical compositions, based on an up-to-date theoretical framework. We briefly discuss the physical inputs and the assumptions adopted in computing the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-09 S. Cassisi , A. Pietrinferni , M. Salaris , F. Castelli , D. Cordier , M. Castellani