Electron-ion recombination of Fe{sup 12+} forming Fe{sup 11+}: Laboratory measurements and theoretical calculations

Hahn, M.; Novotný, O.; Savin, D. W.; Badnell, N. R.; Grieser, M.; Krantz, C.; Repnow, R.; Wolf, A.; Lestinsky, M.; Müller, A.; Schippers, S.

doi:10.1088/0004-637X/788/1/46

Title: Electron-ion recombination of Fe{sup 12+} forming Fe{sup 11+}: Laboratory measurements and theoretical calculations

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We have measured dielectronic recombination (DR) for Fe{sup 12+} forming Fe{sup 11+} using the heavy ion storage ring TSR located at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg, Germany. Using our results, we have calculated a plasma rate coefficient from these data that can be used for modeling astrophysical and laboratory plasmas. For the low temperatures characteristic of photoionized plasmas, the experimentally derived rate coefficient is orders of magnitude larger than the previously recommended atomic data. The existing atomic data were also about 40% smaller than our measurements at temperatures relevant for collisionally ionized plasmas. Recent state-of-the-art theory has difficulty reproducing the detailed energy dependence of the DR spectrum. However, for the Maxwellian plasma rate coefficient, recent theoretical results agree with our measurements to within about 30% for both photoionized and collisionally ionized plasmas.

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Hahn, M.; Novotný, O.; Savin, D. W. ^[1]; Badnell, N. R. ^[2]; Grieser, M.; Krantz, C.; Repnow, R.; Wolf, A. ^[3]; Lestinsky, M. ^[4]; Müller, A.; Schippers, S. ^[5]

Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University, 550 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027 (United States)
Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, 107 Rottenrow East, Glasgow G4 0NG (United Kingdom)
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg (Germany)
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt (Germany)
Institut für Atom- und Molekülphysik, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Leihgesterner Weg 217, D-35392 Giessen (Germany)

Publication Date:: Tue Jun 10 00:00:00 EDT 2014

OSTI Identifier:: 22356688

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Astrophysical Journal

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 788; Journal Issue: 1; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0004-637X

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; ELECTRONS; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; GALAXY NUCLEI; HEAVY IONS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PHOTOIONIZATION; PLASMA; RECOMBINATION; SIMULATION; SPECTRA; STORAGE RINGS; X-RAY GALAXIES

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                    Hahn, M., Novotný, O., Savin, D. W., Badnell, N. R., Grieser, M., Krantz, C., Repnow, R., Wolf, A., Lestinsky, M., Müller, A., and Schippers, S. Electron-ion recombination of Fe{sup 12+} forming Fe{sup 11+}: Laboratory measurements and theoretical calculations.  United States: N. p., 2014. 
        Web.  doi:10.1088/0004-637X/788/1/46.

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                    Hahn, M., Novotný, O., Savin, D. W., Badnell, N. R., Grieser, M., Krantz, C., Repnow, R., Wolf, A., Lestinsky, M., Müller, A., & Schippers, S. Electron-ion recombination of Fe{sup 12+} forming Fe{sup 11+}: Laboratory measurements and theoretical calculations.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/788/1/46

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                    Hahn, M., Novotný, O., Savin, D. W., Badnell, N. R., Grieser, M., Krantz, C., Repnow, R., Wolf, A., Lestinsky, M., Müller, A., and Schippers, S. 2014.  
        "Electron-ion recombination of Fe{sup 12+} forming Fe{sup 11+}: Laboratory measurements and theoretical calculations".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/788/1/46.

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@article{osti_22356688,

  title        = {Electron-ion recombination of Fe{sup 12+} forming Fe{sup 11+}: Laboratory measurements and theoretical calculations},

  author       = {Hahn, M. and Novotný, O. and Savin, D. W. and Badnell, N. R. and Grieser, M. and Krantz, C. and Repnow, R. and Wolf, A. and Lestinsky, M. and Müller, A. and Schippers, S.},

  abstractNote = {We have measured dielectronic recombination (DR) for Fe{sup 12+} forming Fe{sup 11+} using the heavy ion storage ring TSR located at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg, Germany. Using our results, we have calculated a plasma rate coefficient from these data that can be used for modeling astrophysical and laboratory plasmas. For the low temperatures characteristic of photoionized plasmas, the experimentally derived rate coefficient is orders of magnitude larger than the previously recommended atomic data. The existing atomic data were also about 40% smaller than our measurements at temperatures relevant for collisionally ionized plasmas. Recent state-of-the-art theory has difficulty reproducing the detailed energy dependence of the DR spectrum. However, for the Maxwellian plasma rate coefficient, recent theoretical results agree with our measurements to within about 30% for both photoionized and collisionally ionized plasmas.},

  doi          = {10.1088/0004-637X/788/1/46},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22356688},
  journal      = {Astrophysical Journal},

  issn         = {0004-637X},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 788,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Tue Jun 10 00:00:00 EDT 2014},

  month        = {Tue Jun 10 00:00:00 EDT 2014}

}

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