The aim of this work is to improve the modelling of ion populations in higher density, lower temperature astrophysical plasmas, of the type commonly found in lower solar and stellar atmospheres. Ion population models for these regions frequently employ the coronal approximation, which assumes conditions more suitable to the upper solar atmosphere, where high temperatures and lower densities prevail. Using the coronal approximation for modelling the solar transition region gives theoretical lines intensities for the Li-like and Na-like isoelectronic sequences which can be factors of 2-5 times lower than observed. The works of Burgess & Summers (1969) and Nussbaumer & Storey (1975) showed the important part ions in excited levels play when included in the modelling. Their models, however, used approximations for the atomic rates to determine the ion balance. Presented here is the first stage in updating these earlier models of carbon by using rates from up-to-date atomic calculations and more recent photo-ionising radiances for the quiet Sun. Where such atomic rates are not readily available, in the case of electron-impact direct ionisation and excitation--auto-ionisation, new calculations have been made and compared to theoretical and experimental studies. The effects each atomic process has on the ion populations as density changes is demonstrated, and final results from the modelling are compared to the earlier works. Lastly, the new results for ion populations are used to predict line intensities for the solar transition region in the quiet Sun, and these are compared with predictions from coronal-approximation modelling and with observations. Significant improvements in the predicted line intensities are seen in comparison to those obtained from zero-density modelling of carbon.
Formation and properties of astrophysical carbonaceous dust. I: ab-initio calculations of the configuration and binding energies of small carbon clusters
Solar carbon abundance from 3D non-LTE modelling of the diagnostic lines of the CH molecule
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie（马克斯·普朗克天文学研究所）；Ruprecht-Karls Universität（鲁普雷希特-卡尔大学）；Institut für Astrophysik und Geophysik（天体物理学与地球物理学研究所）；Lowell Observatory（洛厄尔天文台）；Northern Arizona University（北亚利桑那大学）；University of Copenhagen（哥本哈根大学）；Niels Bohr Institute（尼尔斯·玻尔研究所）；Stockholm University（斯德哥尔摩大学）；Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier（蒙彼利埃宇宙与粒子实验室）；Univ Montpellier（蒙彼利埃大学）；CNRS（法国国家科学研究中心）；Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC)（空间科学研究所（ICE-CSIC））
NLTE spectral modelling for a carbon-oxygen and helium white-dwarf merger as a Ca-rich transient candidate
Queen’s University Belfast（贝尔法斯特女王大学）；Heidelberger Institut für Theoretische Studien（海德堡理论研究所）；Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN)（宇宙黎明中心）；Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen（哥本哈根大学尼尔斯·玻尔研究所）；Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin（都柏林三一学院）；GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung（德国重离子研究中心）；Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg（海德堡大学天文学中心）
