Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Feb 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006a%26a...446.1185m&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 446, Issue 3, February II 2006, pp.1185-1190
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Atomic Data, Atomic Processes
Scientific paper
Electron-impact excitation collision strengths of the Fe-peak element Fe IV are calculated in the close-coupling approximation using the parallel R-matrix program PRMAT. One hundred and eight LS - coupled states arising from the 3d^5, 3d^44s and 3d^44p configurations of Fe IV, are retained in the present calculations. Accurate multi-configuration target wavefunctions are employed with the aid of 3p2 → 3d2 electron promotions and a overline4d correlation orbital. The effective collision strengths required in the analysis of astrophysically important lines in the Fe IV spectra, are obtained by averaging the electron collision strengths for a wide range of incident electron energies, over a Maxwellian distribution of velocities. Results are tabulated for forbidden transitions between the 3d^5, 3d^44s and the 3d^44p manifolds for electron temperatures (Te in degrees Kelvin) in the range 3.3 ≤ Log Te ≤ 6.0 that are applicable to many laboratory and astrophysical plasmas. The present results provide new results for forbidden lines in the Fe IV spectrum studied here.
Burke P. G.
Burke V. M.
Hibbert Alan
McLaughlin Brendan M.
Noble John C.
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