Self-consistent ab initio calculations for photoionization and electron-ion recombination using the R-matrix method

Details Self-consistent ab initio calculations for photoionization and electron-ion recombination using the R-matrix method Self-consistent ab initio calculations for photoionization and electron-ion recombination using the R-matrix method

2002-07-10

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0207224v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pgs., 4 color figs., in Proceedings of the Workshop on Stellar Atmosphere Modeling, Tuebingen, Germany, April 8-12, 2002. Hi

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Most astrophysical plasmas entail a balance between ionization and recombination. We present new results from the powerful R-matrix method which yields in an ab initio manner: (I) self-consistent photoionization and recombination cross sections using identical wavefunction expansions, (II) unified e-ion recombination rates at all temperatures of interest, incorporating non-resonant and resonant processes, radiative and dielectronic recombination (RR and DR), and (III) level-specific recombination rates for many excited atomic levels. RR and DR processes can not be measured or observed independently. In contrast to the shortcomings of simple (but computationally easy) approximations that unphysically treat RR and DR separately with different methods, emphasizing marginal effects for selected ions over small energy ranges, the R-matrix method naturally and compeletely accounts for e-ion recombination for all atomic systems. Photoionization and recombination cross sections are compared with state-of-the-art experiments on synchrotron radiation sources and ion storage rings. Overall agreement between theory and experiments is within 10-20 %. For photoionization the comparison includes not only the ground state but also the metastable states, with highly resolved resonance structures. The recent experiments therefore support the estimated accuracy of the vast amount of photoionization data computed under the Opacity Project (OP), the Iron Project (IP), and related works using the R-matrix method.

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