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Title: Electron-impact ionization of atomic ions in the W isonuclear sequence

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.72.0· OSTI ID:20786519
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  1. Department of Physics, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849 (United States)

Electron-impact ionization cross sections for all atomic ions in the W isonuclear sequence are calculated using a variety of theoretical methods. For the direct ionization process, a semirelativistic configuration-average distorted-wave method is used for low to moderately charged ions, while a fully relativistic subconfiguration-average distorted-wave method is used for highly charged ions. For the indirect ionization process of excitation autoionization, a semirelativistic configuration-average distorted-wave method is used for the bulk of the transitions, but a semirelativistic level-resolved distorted-wave method is used for selective strong transitions that may straddle the ionization threshold. For moderately charged ions it is important to include radiation damping of the excitation-autoionization process through explicit calculation of autoionization branching ratios. Checks are made on the theoretical predictions by comparison with available crossed-beams experimental measurements, which only exist for low stages of ionization. The ionization cross sections for the entire W isonuclear sequence are converted to temperature-dependent rate coefficients and put in a collisional-radiative format that should prove useful in modeling laboratory plasmas that contain W impurities.

OSTI ID:
20786519
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Vol. 72, Issue 5; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.72.052716; (c) 2005 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English