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Electron density-sensitive line ratios for Fe XII in the solar coronaThe collision strengths for electron-impact excitation of fine-structure transitions from the ground 3s23p3 configuration to the excited 3s3p4 configuration in Fe XII are presented. These are calculated by transforming the K-matrices obtained in a nonrelativistic R-matrix method to K-matrices in intermediate coupling using term-coupling coefficients which take into account the effect of breakdown of target LS coupling. Extensive configuration-interaction wave functions are used to represent the target states. The effective collision strengths are determined assuming a Maxwellian distribution of electron energies. Rydberg series of resonances converging to the excited state thresholds are explicitly included in the calculation. The relative level populations and emission-line strengths for Fe XII are calculated using the new atomic data presented in this paper and that published by Tayal, Henry, and Pradhan (1987) and Tayal and Henry (1986) over a wide range of electron densities and temperatures (1-2 x 10 to the 6th K). Present results for collision strengths and emission-line strengths are compared with the previous calculation of Flower (1977). Some significant differences are noted.
Document ID
19880054397
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Tayal, S. S.
(Louisiana State Univ. Baton Rouge, LA, United States)
Henry, Ronald J. W.
(Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
June 15, 1988
Publication Information
Publication: Astrophysical Journal, Part 1
Volume: 329
ISSN: 0004-637X
Subject Category
Solar Physics
Accession Number
88A41624
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-48
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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