On the validity of the ICFT R-matrix method : Fe xiv

Del Zanna, G. and Badnell, N. R. and Fernandez-Menchero, L. and Liang, G. Y. and Mason, H. E. and Storey, P. J. (2015) On the validity of the ICFT R-matrix method : Fe xiv. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 454. pp. 2909-2917. ISSN 0035-8711 (https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2016)

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Abstract

Recently, Aggarwal & Keenan published a Dirac R-matrix (darc) calculation for the electron-impact excitation of Fe xiv. A 136-level configuration-interaction/close-coupling (CI/CC) expansion was adopted. Comparisons with earlier calculations, obtained by Liang et al. with the intermediate coupling frame transformation (ICFT) R-matrix method, showed significant discrepancies. One of the main differences was that the Liang et al. effective collision strengths were consistently larger. Aggarwal & Keenan suggested various possible causes for the differences. We discuss them in detail here. We have carried out an ICFT R-matrix calculation with the same 136-level CI/CC expansion adopted by Aggarwal & Keenan, and compared the results with theirs and with those of Liang et al., which employed a much larger CI/CC expansion. We find that the main differences arise because of the different CC and CI expansions, and not because of the use of the ICFT method, as suggested by Aggarwal & Keenan. The significant increase in the effective collision strengths obtained by Liang et al. is mainly due to the extra resonances that are present because of the larger target expansion.

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Del Zanna, G., Badnell, N. R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7418-7996, Fernandez-Menchero, L., Liang, G. Y., Mason, H. E. and Storey, P. J.;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:55953
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    11 December 2015
    Published
    17 October 2015
    Published Online
    27 August 2015
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    Notes:This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ©: 2015 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
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    Date deposited:18 Mar 2016 15:15
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/55953
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