Solar UV and X-ray spectral diagnostics

G Del Zanna, HE Mason - Living Reviews in Solar Physics, 2018 - Springer
X-ray and ultraviolet (UV) observations of the outer solar atmosphere have been used for
many decades to measure the fundamental parameters of the solar plasma. This review …

Atomic data for x-ray astrophysics

TR Kallman, P Palmeri - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2007 - APS
The available atomic data used for interpreting and modeling x-ray observations are
reviewed. The applications for these data can be divided into several levels of detail …

Updated atomic data and calculations for X-ray spectroscopy

AR Foster, L Ji, RK Smith… - The Astrophysical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We describe the latest release of AtomDB, version 2.0. 2, a database of atomic data and a
plasma modeling code with a focus on X-ray astronomy. This release includes several major …

CHIANTI—An atomic database for emission lines. XII. Version 7 of the database

E Landi, G Del Zanna, PR Young, KP Dere… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The CHIANTI spectral code consists of an atomic database and a suite of computer
programs to calculate the optically thin spectrum of astrophysical objects and carry out …

New measurement resolves key astrophysical Fe XVII oscillator strength problem

S Kühn, C Cheung, NS Oreshkina, R Steinbrügge… - Physical review …, 2022 - APS
One of the most enduring and intensively studied problems of x-ray astronomy is the
disagreement of state-of-the art theory and observations for the intensity ratio of two Fe XVII …

High resolution photoexcitation measurements exacerbate the long-standing Fe XVII oscillator strength problem

S Kühn, C Shah, JRC López-Urrutia, K Fujii… - Physical review …, 2020 - APS
For more than 40 years, most astrophysical observations and laboratory studies of two key
soft x-ray diagnostic 2 p-3 d transitions, 3 C and 3 D, in Fe XVII ions found oscillator strength …

Estimating turbulent velocities in the elliptical galaxies NGC 5044 and NGC 5813

J De Plaa, I Zhuravleva, N Werner, JS Kaastra… - Astronomy & …, 2012 - aanda.org
Context. The interstellar and intra-cluster medium (ICM) in giant elliptical galaxies and
clusters of galaxies is often assumed to be in hydrostatic equilibrium. Numerical simulations …

X-ray spectra of the Fe-L complex

L Gu, AJJ Raassen, J Mao, J de Plaa, C Shah… - Astronomy & …, 2019 - aanda.org
The Hitomi results on the Perseus cluster have led to improvements in our knowledge of
atomic physics that are crucial for the precise diagnostic of hot astrophysical plasma …

Relativistic radiatively damped R-matrix calculation of the electron-impact excitation of W46+

CP Ballance, DC Griffin - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
The current design plans for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)
call for tungsten to be employed for certain plasma facing components in the divertor region …

The impact of recent advances in laboratory astrophysics on our understanding of the cosmos

DW Savin, NS Brickhouse, JJ Cowan… - Reports on Progress …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
An emerging theme in modern astrophysics is the connection between astronomical
observations and the underlying physical phenomena that drive our cosmos. Both the …