Fe IX Calculations for the Solar Dynamics Observatory
Abstract
New calculations of the energy levels, radiative transition rates, and collisional excitation rates of Fe IX have been carried out using the Flexible Atomic Code, paying close attention to experimentally identified levels and extending existing calculations to higher energy levels. For lower levels, R-matrix collisional excitation rates from earlier work have been used. Significant emission is predicted by these calculations in the 5f-3d transitions, which will impact analysis of Solar Dynamics Observatory Atmospheric Imaging Assembly observations using the 94 Å filter.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- October 2011
- DOI:
- 10.1088/2041-8205/740/2/L52
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1107.0470
- Bibcode:
- 2011ApJ...740L..52F
- Keywords:
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- atomic data;
- Sun: UV radiation;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics;
- Physics - Atomic Physics
- E-Print:
- Accepted by ApJL