Physics – Atomic Physics
Scientific paper
2012-02-22
Physics
Atomic Physics
4 pages, 1 figures, and 2 tables
Scientific paper
A theoretical investigation of photoabsorption and photoionization of Fe^{14+} extending beyond an earlier frame transformation R-matrix implementation is performed using a fully-correlated, Breit-Pauli R-matrix formulation including both fine-structure splitting of strongly-bound resonances and radiation damping. The radiation damping of $2p\rightarrow nd$ resonances gives rise to a resonant photoionization cross section that is significantly lower than the total photoabsorption cross section. Furthermore, the radiation-damped photoionization cross section is found to be in good agreement with recent experimental results once a global shift in energy of $\approx -3.5$ eV is applied. These findings have important implications. Firstly, the presently available synchrotron experimental data are applicable only to photoionization processes and not to photoabsorption; the latter is required in opacity calculations. Secondly, our computed cross section, for which the L-shell ionization threshold is aligned with the NIST value, shows a series of $2p \rightarrow nd$ Rydberg resonances that are uniformly 3-4 eV higher in energy than the corresponding experimental profiles, indicating that the L-shell threshold energy values currently recommended by NIST are likely in error.
Bautista Manuel A.
Felfli Zineb
Gorczyca Thomas W.
Hasoglu M. F.
Manson Steven T.
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