Dielectronic Recombination in Photoionized Gas: The Importance of Fine-structure Core Excitations
Author(s) -
D. W. Savin,
Thomas Bartsch,
M. H. Chen,
S. M. Kahn,
D. A. Liedahl,
J. Linkemann,
A. Müller,
S. Schippers,
M. Schmitt,
D. Schwalm,
A. Wolf
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
the astrophysical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.376
H-Index - 489
eISSN - 1538-4357
pISSN - 0004-637X
DOI - 10.1086/310966
Subject(s) - physics , ionization , atomic physics , recombination , ion , electron , core (optical fiber) , coupling (piping) , astrophysics , nuclear physics , optics , biochemistry , chemistry , gene , mechanical engineering , quantum mechanics , engineering
At the low electron temperatures existing in photoionized gases with cosmic abundances, dielectronic recom- bination (DR) proceeds primarily via excitations of core electrons ( DR). At these temperatures, 0 nl r nl Dn 5 0 0 jj the dominant DR channel often involves
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