High resolution spectral signatures of X-ray emission following charge exchange recombination between highly charged iron and neutral helium, molecular hydrogen and molecular nitrogen: A comparison between theory and experiment

We have used the LLNL electron beam ion trap EBIT-I and a NASA/GSFC quantum microcalorimeter to measure the X-ray emission following charge exchange recombination between highly charged Fe25+ and Fe 26+ and neutral helium, molecular hydrogen, and molecular nitrogen. The ~ 5 eV energy resolution of the microcalorimeter has made it possible to measure and resolve n to 1 K-shell transitions from up to n = 14. We compare the measurements to a model based on the Landau-Zener theory and also the models found in SPEX and APEC. Our results include relative intensities of the 1P1 resonance line to the 3S1 forbidden line, commonly referred to as lines w and z. These results are especially useful for interpreting spectra from celestial sources measured with XARM's Resolve and ATHENA's X-IFU. These data have also proved useful in the interpretation of Hitomi's SXS spectrum of the Perseus cluster.Part of this work was performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344.