Physics
Scientific paper
Apr 1999
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999soph..185..289k&link_type=abstract
Solar Physics, v. 185, Issue 2, p. 289-296 (1999).
Physics
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Scientific paper
R-matrix calculations of electron impact excitation rates in Nixviii are used to derive theoretical electron-temperature-sensitive emission line ratios involving 3s-4p,3p-4d,3p -4s, and 3d-4f transitions in the 41-53Å wavelength range. A comparison of these with solar flare observations from a rocket-borne X-ray spectrograph (XSST) reveals generally excellent agreement between theory and experiment (within the experimental and theoretical uncertainties), which provides support for the atomic data adopted in the analysis. However the 3s2S-4p2P1/2 line of Nixviii at 41.22Å appears to be blended with the Fexix 13.74Å feature observed by XSST in third order. In addition, the measured Nixviii intensity ratio I(3p2P3/2- 4s2S)/I(3p2P1/2-4s2S)=I(51.02Å)/I(50.26Å)=0.56, a factor of ~3.8 smaller than the theoretical (temperature and density-insensitive) value of 2.1. The reason for this discrepancy is currently unexplained, but is unlikely to be due to blending of the 50.26Å line, as the intensity of this feature is consistent with that expected from the other Nixviii lines in the XSST spectrum. Future observations of the Nixviii lines by the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF) should allow this problem to be resolved, and may also permit the use of the lines as electron-temperature diagnostics.
Brown Aaron W.
Bruner Marilyn E.
Keenan Francis P.
Mathioudakis Michail
Pinfield David J.
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