Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008mnras.386l..62c&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Volume 386, Issue 1, pp. L62-L66.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
6
Atomic Data, Atomic Processes, Line: Formation, Galaxies: Elliptical And Lenticular, Cd, X-Rays: General
Scientific paper
The X-ray line intensity ratio 3C/3D in FeXVII is potentially one of the most useful plasma diagnostic line ratios for X-ray astronomy. Based on our recent converged and highly accurate atomic calculations for electron impact excitation of FeXVII using the fully relativistic close-coupling method, we demonstrate that 3C/3D in FeXVII is not a constant with respect to electron temperature/energy. The cascade effects (including the excitation and recombination population pumping) on 3C/3D as a function of temperature (for Maxwellian plasmas) or electron beam energy (for some laboratory plasmas) are studied and elaborated. For Maxwellian plasmas prevailing in astrophysical sources under the condition of collisional ionization equilibrium, a new and highly accurate 3C/3D line ratio is reported. The values of 3C/3D reported in this work are 2.66, 2.76, 2.81, 2.88 and 2.94 for electron temperatures of 2, 3, 4, 6 and 10 MK, respectively. The uncertainty in our new line ratio is estimated to be about 5per cent. These new 3C/3D values are expected to have immediate applications for a wide range of X-ray spectra observed from both point sources as well as extended sources.
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