The electron collision excitation rates recently calculated for transitions in Si xIII by Keenan et al. (1987) are used to derive the electron temperature sensitive ratio G( = (f + i)/r) and the density sensitive ratio R(=f/i), where i,f, and r are the intercombination (ls 2 1S -ls2p 3P1, 2) forbidd
Theoretical emission line ratios for Oviiin low-density plasmas
โ Scribed by F. P. Keenan; S. S. Tayal; A. E. Kingston
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 243 KB
- Volume
- 92
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0038-0938
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โฆ Synopsis
New electron excitation rates for Ovxl calculated by Tayal and Kingston using the R-matrix method are used to determine theoretical emission line strengths. Values of the electron density sensitive ratio R (forbidden line to intercombination line) are found to be very similar to those deduced by other authors. However the temperature sensitive ratios G (intercombination plus forbidden lines to resonance line) are approximately 20% lower than the best previous estimates. The observed value of G for solar active regions (G = 1.0 + 0.1) predicts an electron temperature in the range 1.1 โข 106 K < 1",.. < 1.8 x l06 K, which overlaps that of maximum O vu emissivity, T M = 1.8 x 106 K. In addition, the theoretical G versus T e curve is in excellent agreement with that observed for a Tokamak plasma.
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