Plasma environment effects on K lines of astrophysical interest: V. Universal formulae for ionization potential and K-threshold shifts
Palmeri P, Deprince J, Bautista MA, Fritzsche S, Garcia J, Kallman TR, Mendoza C, Quinet P (2022)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2022
Journal
Book Volume: 657
Article Number: A61
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141550
Abstract
Aims. We calculate the plasma environment effects on the ionization potentials (IPs) and K-thresholds used in the modeling of K lines for all the ions belonging to the isonuclear sequences of abundant elements apart from oxygen and iron, namely: carbon, silicon, calcium, chromium, and nickel. These calculations are used to extend the data points for the fits of the universal formulae, first proposed in our fourth paper of this series, to predict the IP and K-threshold lowerings in any elemental ion. Methods. We used the fully relativistic multi-configuration Dirac-Fock method and approximated the plasma electron-nucleus and electron-electron screenings with a time-averaged Debye-Hückel potential. Results. We report the modified ionization potentials and K-threshold energies for plasmas characterized by electron temperatures and densities in the ranges of 105-107 K and 1018-1022 cm-3. In addition, the improved universal fitting formulae are obtained. Conclusions. We conclude that since explicit calculations of the atomic structures for each ion of each element under different plasma conditions is impractical, the use of these universal formulae for predicting the IP and K-threshold lowerings in plasma modeling codes is still recommended. However, their comparatively moderate to low accuracies may affect the predicted opacities with regard to certain cases under extreme plasma conditions that are characterized by a plasma screening parameter of μ > 0.2 a.u., especially for the K-thresholds.
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University of Mons / Université de Mons
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Helmholtz-Institut Jena (HI-Jena) / Helmholtz Institute Jena
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Western Michigan University (WMU)
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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Belgium (BE)
Helmholtz-Institut Jena (HI-Jena) / Helmholtz Institute Jena
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Western Michigan University (WMU)
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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APA:
Palmeri, P., Deprince, J., Bautista, M.A., Fritzsche, S., Garcia, J., Kallman, T.R.,... Quinet, P. (2022). Plasma environment effects on K lines of astrophysical interest: V. Universal formulae for ionization potential and K-threshold shifts. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 657. https://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202141550
MLA:
Palmeri, P., et al. "Plasma environment effects on K lines of astrophysical interest: V. Universal formulae for ionization potential and K-threshold shifts." Astronomy & Astrophysics 657 (2022).
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