Physics
Scientific paper
May 2008
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American Physical Society, 39th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, May 27-31, 2008, a
Physics
Scientific paper
Atomic kinetics modeling is essential if we are to understand the spectroscopy of astrophysical objects. In order to model astrophysical spectra, one must first calculate the electronic structure of the ions, calculate cross sections and rates for the processes in between the resulting levels (and ionization stages), and then solve a set of coupled collisional-radiative equations that depend on the plasma conditions. Spectra are ultimately created from the solutions to these collisional-radiative equations. The aim of this work is to benchmark the impact of some of the typical approximations employed in this modeling process. We will present results that illuminate the effects of approximations in the structure calculations (fine-structure approaches, which include configuration interaction, vs. configuration-average approaches), and in the cross section calculations (by comparing the results of data calculated using close-coupling R-Matrix method, distorted-wave methods, as well as other more approximate scaled-hydrogenic and plane-wave-Born methods).
Fontes Christopher J.
Oelgoetz Justin
Pradhan Anil Kumar
Zhang Hong Lin
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