The rates of excitation and ionization of a carbon atom by electrons

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Atomic Excitations, Carbon, Electron Impact, Ion Production Rates, Solar Spectra, Atomic Collisions, Solar Atmosphere, Temperature Dependence

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The paper presents a unified simple algorithm for calculating rates of excitation and ionization by electron impact from formulas of certain approximations for a number of transitions of the neutral carbon atom C I. The algorithm is of particular interest for the non-LTE synthesis problem. It is shown that in solar atmospheric conditions, the Seaton (1963) approximation for ionization and the assumption that the impact strength is constant for excitations lead to an incorrect dependence of the carbon atom impact rates on temperature. The results are of interest in connection with the interpretation of solar and stellar spectra.

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