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NASA NTRS2006

Cross Sections for Electron Impact Excitation of Astrophysically Abundant Atoms and Ions

Electron collisional excitation rates and transition probabilities are important for computing electron temperatures and densities, ionization equilibria, and for deriving elemental abundances from emission lines formed in the collisional and photoionized astrophysical plasmas. Accurate representation of target wave functions that properly account for the important correlation and relaxation effects and inclusion of coupling effects including coupling to the continuum are essential components of a reliable collision calculation. Non-orthogonal orbitals technique in multiconfiguration Hartree-Fock approach is used to calculate oscillator strengths and transition probabilities. The effect of coupling to the continuum spectrum is included through the use of pseudostates which are chosen to account for most of the dipole polarizabilities of target states. The B-spline basis is used in the R-matrix approach to calculate electron excitation collision strengths and rates. Results for oscillator strengths and electron excitation collision strengths for transitions in N I, O I, O II, O IV, S X and Fe XIV have been produced

Tayal, S. S.↗
NASA NTRS1991

Electron impact polarization expected in solar EUV lines from flaring chromospheres/transition regions

We have evaluated lower bounds on the degree of impact Extreme Ultraviolet/Ultraviolet (EUV/UV) line polarization expected during solar flares. This polarization arises from collisional excitation by energetic electrons with non-Maxwellian velocity distributions. Linear polarization was observed in the S I 1437 A line by the Ultraviolet Spectrometer and Polarimeter/Solar Maximum Mission (UVSP/SMM) during a flare on 15 July 1980. An early interpretation suggested that impact excitation by electrons propagating through the steep temperature gradient of the flaring transition region/high chromosphere produced this polarization. Our calculations show that the observed polarization in this UV line cannot be due to this effect. We find instead that, in some flare models, the energetic electrons can produce an impact polarization of a few percent in EUV neutral helium lines (i.e., lambda lambda 522, 537, and 584 A).

Fineschi, S.↗
NASA NTRS1983

Electron impact excitation of methane

A crossed molecular beam-electron beam apparatus was employed to examine the excitation cross-sections of CH4. Attention was given to 20, 30, and 200 eV impact energies at angles from 8-130 deg. Spectra were obtained in the elastic and inelastic realms as well as in the ionization continuum in the 12.99-15.0 eV energy-loss range. Differential cross-sections were also determined. The results are useful for modeling the behavior of CH4 in planetary atmospheres.

Vuskovic, L.↗
NASA NTRS1966

Electron impact cross sections for aeronomy.

Quantitative comparison of systematic approaches to generation of inelastic impact cross section with aid of simple universal excitation cross section function

BORN APPROXIMATION↗
NASA NTRS1974

VUV dissociative excitation cross sections of H2O, NH3, and CH4 by electron impact

Absolute excitation functions for excited fragments resulting from electron bombardment of H2O, NH3, and CH4 by low-energy electrons (0 to 300 eV) have been measured in the vacuum ultraviolet (1100 to 1950 A). The predominant emission for each molecule was the H Lyman-alpha line, while the O I, N I, C I, and C II emissions were at least an order of magnitude weaker. Absolute cross sections at 100 eV are given along with the appearance potential of the various processes and the possible dissociative-excitation channels through which such processes proceed.

Morgan, H. D.↗