'Bottleneck' calculation of ion-electron recombination coefficients for lithium-like ions

Details 'Bottleneck' calculation of ion-electron recombination coefficients for lithium-like ions 'Bottleneck' calculation of ion-electron recombination coefficients for lithium-like ions

Mar 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980jqsrt..23..327k&link_type=abstract

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, vol. 23, Mar. 1980, p. 327-336.

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Electron-Ion Recombination, Ionic Collisions, Lithium, Radiative Recombination, Recombination Coefficient, Argon, Carbon, Collisional Plasmas, Metal Ions, Neon, Oxygen, Radiative Transfer

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The ion-electron recombination coefficients for the lithium-like ions C IV, O VI, Ne VIII, Si XII and Ar XVI are computed by the bottleneck method of Byron et al. (1962). In this method, the minimum rate of transitions down the ladder of energy level is taken as the limiting recombination rate, and the particular energy level corresponding to the minimum transition rate is found. The partial collisional radiative recombination coefficient is obtained in terms of the equilibrium population, the rate of collisional de-excitation, the mean radiative transition probability from the bottleneck level and the total transition probability from a level above the bottleneck level to all levels below it. The full collisional-radiative recombination is then obtained by the addition of the values of the radiative recombination coefficient and the three-body recombination coefficient to the ground level. Results of the calculation are shown to be in good agreement with those of Drawin and Emard (1975) for the case of hydrogen. It is also noted that the process of dielectronic recombination, which is not accounted for here, may be significant at lower densities.

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