Relativistic close-coupling calculation of photoionization and photorecombination of Fe XVI
- ITAMP, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 (United States)
Large-scale relativistic close-coupling calculation of photoionization and photorecombination of Fe XVI reveal strong resonance structures at low energies. The Breit-Pauli R-matrix method was employed in the calculations with the inclusion of 89 spectroscopic states in the close-coupling eigenfunction expansion. Our unified photorecombination cross sections show significant differences from previous results. The Gaussian averaged effective photorecombination cross sections to the 2p{sup 6}3d{sub 3/2,5/2} states of Fe XVI are shown to be 24% larger than those used for normalization by Brown et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 253201 (2006)]. This result should help resolve the issue raised in Brown's paper on the puzzling large discrepancy between theoretical and experimental electron impact excitation cross sections of Fe XVII.
- OSTI ID:
- 21140486
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 77; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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