Atomic structure and collision dynamics with highly charged ions

X Ma, S Zhang, W Wen, Z Huang, Z Hu, D Guo… - Chinese …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The research progresses on the investigations of atomic structure and collision dynamics
with highly charged ions based on the heavy ion storage rings and electron ion beam traps …

Breit interaction effect on dielectronic recombination of heavy ions

N Nakamura - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Interaction of highly charged heavy ions with electrons is one of the most important atomic
processes in high temperature plasmas, including astrophysical plasmas such as solar …

Strong Polarization of a to Transition Arising from Unexpectedly Large Quantum Interference

N Nakamura, N Numadate, S Oishi, XM Tong, X Gao… - Physical review …, 2023 - APS
We experimentally show that the 1 s 2 2 s 2 2 p 1/2-1 s 2 s 2 2 p 1/2 2 transition in Pb 77+
emitted in dielectronic recombination of Pb 78+ is strongly polarized, although it is an …

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 …

Laboratory measurements compellingly support a charge-exchange mechanism for the “dark matter”∼ 3.5 kev X-ray line

C Shah, S Dobrodey, S Bernitt… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The reported observations of an unidentified X-ray line feature at∼ 3.5 keV have driven a
lively discussion about its possible dark matter origin. Motivated by this, we have measured …

EUV spectroscopy of highly charged ions in an electron-beam ion trap

J Scheers, C Shah, A Ryabtsev, H Bekker, F Torretti… - Physical Review A, 2020 - APS
Extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) spectra of Sn 13+− Sn 15+ ions have been measured in an
electron-beam ion trap (EBIT). A matrix inversion method is employed to unravel convoluted …

Hyperfine-induced effects on linear polarization following electron-impact excitation of heliumlike Tl79+ ions with nuclear spin

ZW Wu, ZQ Tian, CZ Dong, A Surzhykov… - New Journal of …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
A most general density-matrix formalism is presented to investigate linear polarization of
characteristic lines following electron-impact excitation of atoms or ions with arbitrary …

Optical spectroscopy of complex open--shell ions

F Torretti, A Windberger, A Ryabtsev, S Dobrodey… - Physical Review A, 2017 - APS
We analyze the complex level structure of ions with many-valence-electron open-[Kr] 4 dm
subshells (m= 7–4) with ab initio calculations based on configuration-interaction many-body …

Revisiting the Fe XVII line emission problem: Laboratory measurements of the 3s–2p and 3d–2p line-formation channels

C Shah, JRC López-Urrutia, MF Gu… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We determined relative X-ray photon emission cross sections in Fe xvii ions that were mono-
energetically excited in an electron beam ion trap. Line formation for the 3s (3s− 2p) and 3d …

X-ray spectra of the Fe-L complex-II. Atomic data constraints from the EBIT experiment and X-ray grating observations of Capella

L Gu, C Shah, J Mao, T Raassen, J De Plaa… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
The Hitomi results for the Perseus cluster have shown that accurate atomic models are
essential to the success of X-ray spectroscopic missions and just as important as the store of …