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Title: Effects of autoionizing resonances on electron-impact excitation rates for Be-like ions

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. A; (United States)

The effects of autoionizing resonances on the electron-impact excitation rates for n = 2 to n = 2 intrashell transitions in Be-like ions have been studied for six ions with atomic numbers Z = 30, 34, 36, 42, 47, and 54. The resonance contributions to the excitation rates were calculated in the isolated-resonance approximation. Detailed Auger and radiative rates were evaluated in the multiconfiguration Dirac-Fock model. Results are compared with background rates from the Coulomb-Born-exchange approximation. Autoionizing resonance have been found to enhance the electron-impact excitation rates by a factor of 2--4 for the electric-dipole-forbidden transitions, while for dipole-allowed transitions, the resonance effects amount to only a few percent of these rates.

Research Organization:
High Temperature Physics Division, University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
5338421
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. A; (United States), Vol. 37:8
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English