Absorption measurements demonstrating the importance of Δ<i>n</i>=0 transitions in the opacity of iron

L. B. Da Silva; B. J. MacGowan; D. R. Kania; B. A. Hammel; C. A. Back; E. Hsieh; R. Doyas; C. A. Iglesias; F. J. Rogers; R. W. Lee

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.438

Absorption measurements demonstrating the importance of Δn=0 transitions in the opacity of iron

L. B. Da Silva, B. J. MacGowan, D. R. Kania, B. A. Hammel, C. A. Back, E. Hsieh, R. Doyas, C. A. Iglesias, F. J. Rogers, and R. W. Lee

Phys. Rev. Lett. 69, 438 – Published 20 July 1992

Abstract

Novel opacity calculations, which treat in detail the spectra of medium-Z ions [Rogers and Iglesias, Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser. 79, 507 (1992)], produce results that are substantially different from opacity calculations extant in the literature. These new opacities provide solutions to a number of outstanding problems in astrophysics, thus providing an indirect validation of the theory. We report the results of an experiment measuring the photoabsorption in the spectral region from 50 to 120 eV of x-ray-heated iron which corroborate these new opacity calculations.

Received 27 March 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.438

Authors & Affiliations

L. B. Da Silva, B. J. MacGowan, D. R. Kania, B. A. Hammel, C. A. Back, E. Hsieh, R. Doyas, C. A. Iglesias, F. J. Rogers, and R. W. Lee

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94550
Department of Physics, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720