INVESTIGADORES
MITNIK Dario Marcelo
artículos
Título:
Electron-impact excitation of B+ using the R-matrix with pseudo-states method
Autor/es:
BADNELL, N. R.; GRIFFIN, D. C.; MITNIK, D. M.
Revista:
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS B-ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS
Editorial:
IOP
Referencias:
Lugar: Bristol, London; Año: 2003 vol. 36 p. 1337 - 1350
ISSN:
1050-2947
Resumen:
We have carried out several R-matrix with pseudo-states (RMPS)
calculations for the electron-impact excitation of B+.
Maxwell-averaged effective collision strengths have been determined for
excitations between the lowest 20 terms, including all those arising
from the 2s3l and 2s4l configurations. A comparison of results from 114
term and 134 term close-coupling (CC) RMPS calculations demonstrates the
convergence in the pseudo-state expansion representing the continuum and
high bound-states. Comparison of the 114CC RMPS results with those from
a 20CC R-matrix calculation, using the same 114 term configuration
interaction target, shows a reduction in the effective collision
strengths by up to a factor of two at higher temperatures for
transitions to n = 4. The modelling of spectral emission from boron, and
from n = 4 terms in B+ in particular, is important for
studying impurity influx in both current (TEXTOR) and future (ITER)
magnetic fusion reactors.