麻豆淫院

Iron is one of the most abundant heavy elements in the universe. Its spectral features stand out in many astronomical spectra, especially in those of stars and galaxies. As a dominant emitter in many X-ray sources, iron ions have been the focus of decades of spectral studies, offering valuable insights into cosmic plasmas.

Researchers from the Institute of Modern 麻豆淫院ics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and their collaborators have measured absolute rate coefficients for dielectronic recombination (DR) of sodium-like iron ions, providing a benchmark data set for astrophysical modeling. Their findings were in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.

The emission and absorption lines of iron ions can reveal key information about celestial objects, including their temperature, density, chemical composition, and dynamics. Interpreting these spectra requires a good understanding of plasma charge-state distributions, which are determined by DR, a predominant electron鈥搃on recombination process in plasmas. The DR rate coefficients for multi-electron ions are among the most urgently needed data for astrophysical applications.

In this study, the researchers carried out a precision DR experiment at the cooling storage ring of the Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou (HIRFL). Using the electron鈥搃on merged-beams technique, they measured DR rate coefficients for sodium-like Fe¹⁵⁺ forming magnesium-like Fe¹⁴⁺.

The DR spectroscopy experiments conducted at heavy-ion storage rings offer high energy resolution with precise, wide-range modulation capabilities for electron-ion relative energies. This enables accurate measurement of critical low-energy collision recombination cross-section data.

The researchers compared the experimental results with theoretical calculations by using three independent state-of-the-art perturbative techniques. The results are in good agreement with the experimental data in the energy range of 0鈥�40 eV.

Furthermore, they derived temperature-dependent plasma recombination rate coefficients from the measured DR rate coefficients over the temperature range of 10鲁鈥�10鈦� K.

The study was a collaborative effort involving the University of Science and Technology of China, Fudan University, the University of Strathclyde, GSI Helmholtzzentrum f眉r Schwerionenforschung, and the University of Giessen.