Line radiation from a hot, optically thin plasma: collision strengths and emissivities
Line radiation from a hot, optically thin plasma: collision strengths and emissivities
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来自热、光学稀薄等离子体的线辐射:碰撞强度和发射率
DOI:
10.1086/190862
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发表时间:
1983
影响因子:
8.7
通讯作者:
E. Salpeter
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文献类型:
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作者:
T. Gaetz;E. Salpeter
We collect theoretical and experimental data for collision strengths of the strongest multiplets between 1 and 3000 A in a hot, optically thin plasma. The elements included are H, He, C, N, O, Ne, Mg, Si, S, and Fe. Simple power-law fits, as a function of gas-kinetic electron temperature, are provided for the collision strengths of the strongest multpletes for temperatures between 4 x 10/sup 4/ and K. The fits are good to approx.10% for temperatures within a factor of 3 of the temperature at which the steady-state equilibrium ion abundance peaks. The collision strengths for these strong multiplets are also used to calculate the multiplet emissivities for a plasma assumed to be in steady-state collisional ionizaton equilibrium. The multiplet emissivities are given for temperatures between 2.5 x 10/sup 6/ and 1 x 10/sup 8/ K. We also present the total steady-state emissivity (including continuum) and the emissivities in selected energy bins. Note, however, that steady-state collisional ionization equilibrium is not a good assumption for shock-heated plasmas for temperatures lower than approx.3 x 10/sup 6/ K.