X-ray absorption via Kα resonance complexes in oxygen ions
Abstract
The Kα resonance complexes in oxygen ions OI-OVI are theoretically computed, and resonance oscillator strengths and wavelengths are presented. The highly resolved photoionization cross-sections, with relativistic fine structure, are computed in the coupled channel approximation using the Breit-Pauli <sansserif>R</sansserif>-matrix method. A number of strong Kα resonances are found to be appreciable, with resonance oscillator strengths fr > 0.1. The Kα resonance wavelengths of OI-OVI lie in the relatively narrow wavelength range 22-23.5 Å, and the X-ray opacity in this region should therefore be significantly affected by K -> L transitions in oxygen. The results should be useful in the interpretation of soft X-ray spectra observed from Chandra and XMM-Newton.
- Publication:
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- June 2003
- DOI:
- 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06513.x
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0302238
- Bibcode:
- 2003MNRAS.341.1268P
- Keywords:
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- atomic data;
- atomic processes;
- line: profiles;
- galaxies: Seyfert;
- X-rays: galaxies;
- Astrophysics;
- Physics - Atomic Physics
- E-Print:
- Monthly Notices of Roy. Astro. Soc. (in press), 10 pgs. 1 figure