USE OF THE VANREGEMORTER FORMULA FOR COLLISION STRENGTHS OR CROSS-SECTIONS

被引:37
作者
SAMPSON, DH
ZHANG, HL
机构
[1] Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1992年 / 45卷 / 03期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.45.1556
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The accuracy of the widely used Van Regemorter formula [Astrophys. J. 136, 906 (1962)] for calculating the collision strengths needed in applications to high-temperature plasmas is tested by comparison with numerous more accurate calculations. It is found to be frequently a very poor approximation, especially for DELTA-n greater-than-or-equal-to 1 excitation transitions from levels with l < n - 1, and the recommendation is made that with the recent advances in calculational procedures and available accurate atomic data use of the Van Regemorter formula should be discontinued.
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页码:1556 / 1561
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