Role of indirect-ionization processes in the electron-impact ionization of Fe/sup 15+/
We have investigated the contributions of excitation-autoionization and resonant-excitation-double-autoionization indirect-ionization processes to the electron-impact ionization of Fe/sup 15+/ using a close-coupling approximation. The total ionization cross sections are obtained by adding the cross sections for these indirect processes to the direct-ionization cross sections. Eleven autoionizing levels arising from the 2p/sup 5/3s/sup 2/, 2p/sup 5/3s3p, 2p/sup 5/3p/sup 2/, and 2p/sup 5/3s3d configurations, together with the ground 2p/sup 6/3s state, are included in the close-coupling expansion. Large numbers of bound terms of appropriate symmetry are included in the expansion to account for the resonant-excitation-double-autoionization process. The present results are in good agreement with the recent crossed-beam measurement.
- Research Organization:
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803-4001
- OSTI ID:
- 6450267
- Journal Information:
- Phys. Rev. A; (United States), Vol. 39:8
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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