Erratum: Volume 70, Number 2 (1998), Ionization State Distribution and Radiative Cooling Rate for Argon in a Low-Density Plasma. K. B. FOURNIER, M. COHEN, M. J. MAY, AND W. H. GOLDSTEIN (doi:10.1006/adnd.1998.0793)

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 22 KB
• Volume: 74
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0092-640X
• DOI: 10.1006/adnd.2000.0833

✦ Synopsis

The ArXVI and ArXVIII blocks of Table III (pages 245 and 246) contain incorrect numbers in the fifth and second temperature columns, respectively. The corrected values for the two ions are listed below. Further, in calculations of the total radiative cooling coefficient, the radiative loss coefficients for bremsstrahlung and dielectronic recombination were incorrectly computed. The contribution of bremsstrahlung to the total rate of radiative cooling is increased in the high-temperature region, to a maximum of nearly 30% at close to 20 keV. The radiative loss due to dielectronic recombination is enhanced at lower temperatures, changing the total rate by 5% or less. The various cooling channels considered in the article (along with the total radiative cooling coefficient for argon) are incorrect as shown in Fig. 2 (page 234). The correct version is given here. The corrected values of the fitting coefficients in the second table below replace those in Table IV (page 247). All other tables and graphs remain unchanged. The authors thank Dr. Mario Mattioli for finding the errors in Table III. FIG. 2. Calculated total radiative loss coefficient (solid line) for argon. Also shown are the radiative loss coefficients for collisional-radiative (CR) line emission, dielectronic recombination (DR), radiative recombination (RR) emission, and bremsstrahlung (all dashes).