Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9850795 | Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables | 2005 | 82 Pages |
Abstract
Electron impact collision strengths, energy levels, oscillator strengths, and spontaneous radiative decay rates are calculated for Ca XIV. The configurations used are 2s22p3, 2s2p4, 2p5, 2s22p23s, 2s22p23p, 2s22p23d, and 2s2p33s giving rise to 91 fine-structure levels in intermediate coupling. Collision strengths are calculated at five incident energies: 45, 90, 135, 180, and 225 Ry. Excitation rate coefficients are calculated as a function of electron temperature by assuming a Maxwellian electron velocity distribution. Using the excitation rate coefficients and the radiative transition rates, statistical equilibrium equations for level populations are solved at electron densities covering the range of 108-1014 cmâ3 at an electron temperature of log Te (K) = 6.5, corresponding to a maximum abundance of Ca XIV. Relative and absolute spectral line intensities are calculated and compared with observations of a solar active region and of tokamak plasma.
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Authors
E. Landi, A.K. Bhatia,