Lowest order thermal correction to the hydrogen recombination cross section in presence of blackbody radiation [CL]

http://arxiv.org/abs/2108.13079


In the present paper, the correction due to the thermal interaction of two charges to the recombination and ionization processes for the hydrogen atom is considered. The evaluation is based on a rigorous quantum electrodynamic (QED) approach within the framework of perturbation theory. The lowest-order radiative correction to the recombination/ionization cross-section is examined for a wide range of temperatures corresponding to laboratory and astrophysical conditions. The found thermal contribution is discussed both for specific states and for the total recombination and ionization coefficients.

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J. Triaskin, T. Zalialiutdinov, A. Anikin, et. al.
Tue, 31 Aug 21
13/73

Comments: 7 pages, 2 figures, 4 Tables