Plasma-environment effects on K lines of astrophysical interest III. IPs, K thresholds, radiative rates, and Auger widths in Fe ix – Fe xvi [CL]

http://arxiv.org/abs/2001.11915


Aims. In the context of black-hole accretion disks, we aim to compute the plasma-environment effects on the atomic parameters used to model the decay of K-vacancy states in moderately charged iron ions, namely Fe ix – Fe xvi. Methods. We used the fully relativistic multiconfiguration Dirac-Fock (MCDF) method approximating the plasma electron-nucleus and electron-electron screenings with a time-averaged Debye-Huckel potential. Results. We report modified ionization potentials, K-threshold energies, wavelengths, radiative emission rates, and Auger widths for plasmas characterized by electron temperatures and densities in the ranges $10^5$ – $10^7$ K and $10^{18}$ – $10^{22}$ cm$^{-3}$. Conclusions. This study confirms that the high-resolution X-ray spectrometers onboard the future XRISM and ATHENA space missions will be capable of detecting the lowering of the K edges of these ions due to the extreme plasma conditions occurring in accretion disks around compact objects.

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J. Deprince, M. Bautista, S. Fritzsche, et. al.
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Comments: 6 pages, 5 figures, to be published in A&A