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J/A+AS/133/403   Ionization balance for optically thin plasmas  (Mazzotta+ 1998)
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Ionization balance for optically thin plasmas: rate coefficients for all atoms
and ions of the elements H to Ni.
       Mazzotta P., Mazzitelli G., Colafrancesco S., Vittorio N.
      <Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 133, 403 (1998)>
      =1998A&AS..133..403M
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ADC_Keywords: Atomic physics
Keywords: atomic data - plasmas - radiation mechanisms: thermal - X-ray: general

Description:
    Fitting coefficients for dielectronic recombination rates of formula
    (7) of the paper are detailed in two tables.

File Summary:
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  FileName        Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe             80        .   This file
table1.dat         86      378   Fitting coefficients for dielectronic
                                  recombination rates
table2.dat        181     1138   Ionization equilibrium
tables.tex         97    16393   LaTex version of the tables
tables.ps          72     4246   PostScript version of the tables
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1-  8  A8    ---     Ion       Ion's label
  10- 20  E11.5 cm3/s   c1        c1 coefficient
  22- 32  E11.5 cm3/s   c2        ? c2 coefficient
  34- 44  E11.5 cm3/s   c3        ? c3 coefficient
  46- 56  E11.5 cm3/s   c4        ? c4 coefficient
  58- 64  F7.2  cm3/s   E1        E1 coefficient
  66- 72  F7.2  cm3/s   E2        ? E2 coefficient
  74- 79  F6.2  cm3/s   E3        ? E3 coefficient
  81- 86  F6.2  cm3/s   E4        ? E4 coefficient
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label   Explanations
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   1-  2  A2    ---     El      Element symbol
   4-  7  F4.2  [K]     logT    Temperature (log_10_(T))
   8- 13  F6.3  ---     LogX1   ? Ionic fraction for Element I (neutral)
  14- 19  F6.3  ---     LogX2   ? Ionic fraction for Element II
  20- 25  F6.3  ---     LogX3   ? Ionic fraction for Element III
  26- 31  F6.3  ---     LogX4   ? Ionic fraction for Element IV
  32- 37  F6.3  ---     LogX5   ? Ionic fraction for Element V
  38- 43  F6.3  ---     LogX6   ? Ionic fraction for Element VI
  44- 49  F6.3  ---     LogX7   ? Ionic fraction for Element VII
  50- 55  F6.3  ---     LogX8   ? Ionic fraction for Element VIII
  56- 61  F6.3  ---     LogX9   ? Ionic fraction for Element IX
  62- 67  F6.3  ---     LogX10  ? Ionic fraction for Element X
  68- 73  F6.3  ---     LogX11  ? Ionic fraction for Element XI
  74- 79  F6.3  ---     LogX12  ? Ionic fraction for Element XII
  80- 85  F6.3  ---     LogX13  ? Ionic fraction for Element XIII
  86- 91  F6.3  ---     LogX14  ? Ionic fraction for Element XIV
  92- 97  F6.3  ---     LogX15  ? Ionic fraction for Element XV
  98-103  F6.3  ---     LogX16  ? Ionic fraction for Element XVI
 104-109  F6.3  ---     LogX17  ? Ionic fraction for Element XVII
 110-115  F6.3  ---     LogX18  ? Ionic fraction for Element XVIII
 116-121  F6.3  ---     LogX19  ? Ionic fraction for Element XIX
 122-127  F6.3  ---     LogX20  ? Ionic fraction for Element XX
 128-133  F6.3  ---     LogX21  ? Ionic fraction for Element XXI
 134-139  F6.3  ---     LogX22  ? Ionic fraction for Element XXII
 140-145  F6.3  ---     LogX23  ? Ionic fraction for Element XXIII
 146-151  F6.3  ---     LogX24  ? Ionic fraction for Element XXIV
 152-157  F6.3  ---     LogX25  ? Ionic fraction for Element XXV
 158-163  F6.3  ---     LogX26  ? Ionic fraction for Element XXVI
 164-169  F6.3  ---     LogX27  ? Ionic fraction for Element XXVII
 170-175  F6.3  ---     LogX28  ? Ionic fraction for Element XXVIII
 176-181  F6.3  ---     LogX29  ? Ionic fraction for Element XXIX
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Acknowledgements: Pasquale Mazzotta <MAZZOTTA@axtov1.roma2.infn.it>

History:
  * 12-Mar-1999: in table2.dat, in rows 145 to 180, C was misprinted for N
  * 06-Dec-2000: in table2.dat, Ar and Co values were misaligned for
     high temperatures / ionisation stages.
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(End)                                           Patricia Bauer [CDS] 02-Jul-1998

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