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在天体物理环境中增强复合的第一个证据和等离子体诊断的意义

First evidence of enhanced recombination in astrophysical environments and the implications for plasma diagnostics

A. Nemer, N. C. Sterling, J. Raymond, A. K. Dupree, J. García-Rojas, Qianxia Wang, M. S. Pindzola, C. P. Ballance, S. D. Loch

摘要:

我们报告的第一个明确的观测证据的里德伯增强复合(RER),一个潜在的重要的重组机制,迄今尚未探索在低温光电离等离子体。RER与双电子复合有相似之处,不同之处在于电子在低于复合离子的电离阈值(而不是高于阈值)时被捕获到高度激发态。我们预测通过RER过程形成的碳和氧离子的转换,以及它们与碰撞辐射光谱模型的相对强度。光学C II粗面内质网的功能被发现在已公布的高分辨率光谱的八个行星状星云,和C III过渡已被发现在紫外光谱中的共生恒星系统。这些线的相对强度与它们通过这种重组机制的产生一致。由于RER以前没有被占在光电离等离子体,它的列入模型可以显着影响预测的电离平衡,因此丰度计算的重要天体物理物种。对C+的计算表明,在8100 K时,总复合率的增加可达2.2倍,在T = 3500 K时增加到7.5倍。这些结果表明,包括RER模型的光电离天体物理等离子体和元素丰度测定的重要性。

英文摘要:

We report the first unambiguous observational evidence of Rydberg Enhanced Recombination (RER), a potentially important recombination mechanism that has hitherto been unexplored in low-temperature photoionized plasmas. RER shares similarities with dielectronic recombination, with the difference that the electron is captured into a highly excited state below the ionization threshold -- rather than above the threshold -- of the recombining ion. We predict transitions of carbon and oxygen ions that are formed via the RER process, and their relative strengths with collisional-radiative spectral models. Optical C II RER features are detected in published high-resolution spectra of eight planetary nebulae, and a C III transition has been found in the ultraviolet spectrum in a symbiotic star system. The relative intensities of these lines are consistent with their production by this recombination mechanism. Because RER has not previously been accounted for in photoionized plasmas, its inclusion in models can significantly impact the predicted ionization balance and hence abundance calculations of important astrophysical species. Calculations for C+ suggest that the enhancement in the total recombination rate can amount to a factor of 2.2 at 8100 K, increasing to 7.5 at T = 3500 K. These results demonstrate the importance of including RER in models of photoionized astrophysical plasmas and in elemental abundance determinations.

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