Infrared coronal emission lines and the possibility of their laser emission in Seyfert nuclei

Details Infrared coronal emission lines and the possibility of their laser emission in Seyfert nuclei Infrared coronal emission lines and the possibility of their laser emission in Seyfert nuclei

Sep 1993

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Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (ISSN 0067-0049), vol. 88, no. 1, p. 23-48.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Active Galactic Nuclei, Emission Spectra, Infrared Spectra, Plasma Spectra, Seyfert Galaxies, Stellar Coronas, Stimulated Emission, Collisions, Comets, Continuous Spectra, Cooling Flows (Astrophysics), Forbidden Bands, Near Infrared Radiation, Novae, Population Inversion, Stellar Spectra, Supernovae

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Results are presented from detailed balance calculations, and a compilation of atomic data and other model calculations designed to support upcoming ISO and current observing programs involving IR coronal emission lines, together with a table with a complete line list of infrared transitions within the ground configurations 2s2 2p(k), 3s2 3p(k), and the first excited configurations 2s 2p and 3s 3p of highly ionized astrophysically abundant elements. The temperature and density parameter space for dominant cooling via IR coronal lines is presented, and the relationship of IR and optical coronal lines is discussed. It is found that, under physical conditions found in Seyfert nuclei, 14 of 70 transitions examined have significant population inversions in levels that give rise to IR coronal lines. Several IR coronal line transitions were found to have laser gain lengths that correspond to column densities of 10 exp 24-25/sq cm which are modeled to exist in Seyfert nuclei. Observations that can reveal inverted level populations and laser gain in IR coronal lines are suggested.

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