Scaling of collision strengths for highly-excited states of ions of the H- and He-like sequences

Fernández-Menchero, L. and Del Zanna, G. and Badnell, N. R. (2016) Scaling of collision strengths for highly-excited states of ions of the H- and He-like sequences. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 592. A135. ISSN 0004-6361 (https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628484)

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Abstract

Emission lines from highly-excited states (n ≥ 5) of H- and He-like ions have been detected in astrophysical sources and fusion plasmas. For such excited states, R-matrix or distorted wave calculations for electron-impact excitation are very limited, due to the large size of the atomic basis set needed to describe them. Calculations for n ≥ 6 are also not generally available. We study the behaviour of the electron-impact excitation collision strengths and effective collision strengths for the most important transitions used to model electron collision dominated astrophysical plasmas, solar, for example. We investigate the dependence on the relevant parameters: the principal quantum number n or the nuclear charge Z. We also estimate the importance of coupling to highly-excited states and the continuum by comparing the results of different sized calculations. We provide analytic formulae to calculate the electron-impact excitation collision strengths and effective collision strengths to highly-excited states (n ≥ 8) of H- and He-like ions. These extrapolated effective collision strengths can be used to interpret astrophysical and fusion plasma via collisional-radiative modelling.

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Fernández-Menchero, L., Del Zanna, G. and Badnell, N. R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7418-7996;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:58263
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    31 August 2016
    Published
    15 August 2016
    Published Online
    6 June 2016
    Accepted
    Notes:Reproduced with permission from Astronomy & Astrophysics, © ESO
    Keywords:atomic data, sun, corona, spectroscopy, emission lines, astrophysical sources, fusion plasmas, electron-impact excitation, collision strengths, principal quantum number, nuclear charge, collisional-radiative modelling, Astronomy, Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science
    Subjects:Science > Astronomy
    Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:26 Oct 2016 09:16
    Last modified:25 May 2023 09:50
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/58263
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