X-Ray Emission Cross Sections Following Charge Exchange by Multiply Charged Ions of Astrophysical Interest
Abstract
The CTMC method is used to calculate emission cross sections following charge exchange processes involving highly charged ions of astrophysical interest and typical cometary targets. Comparison is made to experimental data obtained on the EBIT-I machine at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) for O8+ projectiles impinging on different targets at a collision energy of 10 eV/amu. The theoretical cross sections are used together with ion abundances measured by the Advanced Composition Explorer to reproduce cometary spectra. Discrepancies due to different estimated delays of solar wind events between the comet and the Earth-orbiting satellite are discussed.
Recommended Citation
S. Otranto et al., "X-Ray Emission Cross Sections Following Charge Exchange by Multiply Charged Ions of Astrophysical Interest," Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Institute of Physics - IOP Publishing, Jan 2007.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/58/1/032
Department(s)
Physics
Sponsor(s)
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States. Department of Energy
Keywords and Phrases
Astroparticles; Astrophysics
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2007 Institute of Physics - IOP Publishing, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jan 2007
