Publication Date:
2016-07-06
Description:
After an extensive assessment of the effective collision strengths available to model the He-like triplet of C v , N vi , O vii , Ne ix , Mg xi and Si xiii in collisionally dominated plasmas, new accurate effective collision strengths are reported for Ne ix . The uncertainty intervals of the density and temperature diagnostics due to the atomic data errors are also determined for both Maxwell–Boltzmann and electron-energy distributions. It is shown that these uncertainty bands limit the temperature range where the temperature line-ratio diagnostic can be applied and its effectiveness to discern the electron-energy distribution type. These findings are benchmarked with Chandra and XMM–Newton spectra of stellar coronae and with tokamak measurements.
Print ISSN:
0035-8711
Electronic ISSN:
1365-2966
Topics:
Physics