NON-LTE TREATMENT OF FE-II IN ASTROPHYSICAL PLASMAS

被引:36
作者
HAUSCHILDT, PH [1 ]
BARON, E [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV OKLAHOMA,DEPT PHYS & ASTRON,NORMAN,OK 73019
基金
美国国家航空航天局;
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10.1016/0022-4073(95)00118-5
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We describe our implementation of an extremely detailed model atom of singly ionized iron for NLTE computations in static and moving astrophysical plasmas. Our model atom includes 617 levels, 13,675 primary permitted transitions and up to 1.2 million secondary transitions. Our approach guarantees that the total iron opacity is included at the correct wavelength with reasonable memory and CPU requirements. We find that the lines saturate the wavelength space, such that special wavelength points inserted along the detailed profile functions may be replaced with a statistical sampling method. We describe the results of various test calculations for novae and supernovae.
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页数:13
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