Atomic processes in astrophysics.

Abstract

Studies of particle excitation processes in the solar corona are reviewed, covering electron affinities, negative ion experiments using two-photon laser and drift tube techniques, geometrical hindrance in molecular ion formation, negative ion-molecule reactions, and negative ions in the ionosphere and astrophysics. Aspects of forbidden atomic transitions are also discussed, including the calculation of transition probabilities, the Fe II problem, and magnetic quadrupole radiation in a relativistic approximation.