Laboratory Benchmark of $n\geq4$ Dielectronic Recombination Satellites of Fe XVII

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Main Authors: Grell, Gabriel J., Leutenegger, Maurice A., Amaro, Pedro, López-Urrutia, José R. Crespo, Shah, Chintan
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author Grell, Gabriel J.
Leutenegger, Maurice A.
Amaro, Pedro
López-Urrutia, José R. Crespo
Shah, Chintan
author_facet Grell, Gabriel J.
Leutenegger, Maurice A.
Amaro, Pedro
López-Urrutia, José R. Crespo
Shah, Chintan
contents We calculated cross sections for the dielectronic recombination (DR) satellite lines of Fe XVII and benchmarked our predictions with experimental cross sections of Fe XVII resonances that were mono-energetically excited in an electron beam ion trap. We extend the benchmark to all resolved DR and direct electron-impact excitation (DE) channels in the experimental dataset, specifically the $n\geq4$ DR resonances of Fe XVII, complementing earlier investigations of $n=3$ channels. Our predictions overestimate by 20-25$\%$ the DR and DE absolute cross sections for the higher $n$ complexes when using the same methods as in previous works. However, we achieve agreement within $\sim$10$\%$ of the experimental results by an approach in which we "forward fold" the predicted cross sections with the spread of the electron-beam energy and the photon-energy resolution of our experiment. We then calculated rate coefficients from the experimental and theoretical cross sections, finding departures of $10-20\%$ from the rates found in the OPEN-ADAS atomic database.
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spellingShingle Laboratory Benchmark of $n\geq4$ Dielectronic Recombination Satellites of Fe XVII
Grell, Gabriel J.
Leutenegger, Maurice A.
Amaro, Pedro
López-Urrutia, José R. Crespo
Shah, Chintan
Atomic Physics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Plasma Physics
We calculated cross sections for the dielectronic recombination (DR) satellite lines of Fe XVII and benchmarked our predictions with experimental cross sections of Fe XVII resonances that were mono-energetically excited in an electron beam ion trap. We extend the benchmark to all resolved DR and direct electron-impact excitation (DE) channels in the experimental dataset, specifically the $n\geq4$ DR resonances of Fe XVII, complementing earlier investigations of $n=3$ channels. Our predictions overestimate by 20-25$\%$ the DR and DE absolute cross sections for the higher $n$ complexes when using the same methods as in previous works. However, we achieve agreement within $\sim$10$\%$ of the experimental results by an approach in which we "forward fold" the predicted cross sections with the spread of the electron-beam energy and the photon-energy resolution of our experiment. We then calculated rate coefficients from the experimental and theoretical cross sections, finding departures of $10-20\%$ from the rates found in the OPEN-ADAS atomic database.
title Laboratory Benchmark of $n\geq4$ Dielectronic Recombination Satellites of Fe XVII
topic Atomic Physics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Plasma Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.08767