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K-shell electron-impact excitation and polarization of x-ray emission of

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K-shell electron-impact excitation and polarization of x-ray emission of Fe20+ ion

J M Zhang1, L Y Xie1 *, D H Zhang1, J Jiang1, Z W Wu1 and C Z Dong1 †
1
Key Laboratory of Atomic and Molecular Physics and Functional Materials of Gansu Province, College of Physics and
Electronic Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730070, P. R. China.

Synopsis The total and magnetic cross sections for K-shell electron impact excitation (EIE) of Fe20+ have been calcu-
lated using the fully relativistic distorted-wave approach. Degrees of linear polarization of x-ray emission following EIE
are presented for several stronger 2p→1s transitions, and compared with the values for the same transition lines but
from dielectronic recombination process of Fe21+ in the ground state, obvious differences are found that can be em-
ployed in diagnosing the formation mechanism of corresponding x-ray lines.

Electron-ion collisions, such as electron impact correlations, quantum electrodynamics, and Breit
excitation (EIE), dielectronic recombination (DR) interactions were well considered. The linear polar-
etc, are fundamental atomic processes in astrophys- izations for the same x-ray lines but from the KLL
ical and laboratory plasmas. Accurate data of cross DR process of Fe21+ ion were also calculated. Obvi-
sections, rate coefficients, and degrees of linear po- ous differences are found between the linear polari-
larization of radiations following EIE and DR pro- zations of the same x-ray lines from EIE and DR
cesses have been widely applied for testing atomic processes, respectively.
0.6
theory, revealing detailed information of collision 0.4 A1 B0 0.6
Degree of linear polarization

B0
dynamics, and diagnosing plasmas [1]. Iron is a 0.2
A1
B1
0.4
0.2
very important element in astrophysics, high-quality 0.0
-0.2 B2 B2 0.0
atomic data of iron ions are much interested [2]. -0.4
A2
-0.2
-0.6
A2 B1 -0.4
-0.8
Table 1. The calculated transition energy (Ex-ray / eV) 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
0.6
and linear polarization (P) of x-ray lines from KLL DR 0.4 C1 D0
D0
0.4
C1
process of Fe21+ ion. Label represent x-ray transition lines. 0.2
D1 0.2
0.0
-0.2 0.0
C2 D2 D2
-0.4
Excited states Final states Label Ex-ray P -0.6 -0.2
C2 D1
-0.8
[1s2p21/22p3/2]2 [2p1/22p3/2]1 A1 6508.36 0.47 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
-0.4

[2p1/22p3/2]2 A2 6502.90 -0.69 Incident electron energy (threshold units)

[1s2p21/22p3/2]1 [2p21/2]0 B0 6543.35 0.58 Figure 1. The degrees of linear polarization of x-ray
[2p1/22p3/2]1 B1 6534.27 -0.41 lines following K-shell EIE process of Fe20+ ion as func-
tions of incident electron energy (solid lines), compare to
[2p1/22p3/2]2 B2 6528.80 0.07
2
the polarizations of the same x-ray emissions but from
[(1s2p1/2)02p 3/2]2 [2p1/22p3/2]1 C1 6530.85 0.51 KLL DR process (see table 1) of Fe21+ ion in the ground
[2p1/22p3/2]2 C2 6327.72 -0.77 state (scattered plots).
[(1s2p1/2)1(2p23/2)2]1 [2p21/2]0 D0 6546.61 0.54
[2p1/22p3/2]1 D1 6541.15 -0.37 This work was supported by the National Key
[2p1/22p3/2]2 D2 6525.21 0.07 Research and Development Program of China under
Grant No.2017YFA0402300, and the Natural Sci-
In the present work, we mainly pay our atten- ence Foundation of China (Grant Nos. U1530142,
tions on K-shell EIE process of Fe20+ ion. Using the 11564036, 11774292, 11464042, 11874051) and
fully relativistic distorted-wave approach [3], total the Fund of NWNU (NWNU-LKQN-15-3).
and magnetic cross sections, and degrees of linear
polarization of x-ray emissions were systematically References
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incident electron energies in the range of 1-6 times [2] Chen H et al 2005 Astrophys. J. 618 1086
[3] Jiang J et al 2008 Phys. Rev. A 78 022709
thresholds. In the calculations, effects of electron
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*
E-mail: xiely@nwnu.edu.cn
†
E-mail: dongcz@nwnu.edu.cn

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