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J/A+AS/126/373      IRON Project XXVII. Fe IV collision strengths  (Zhang+ 1997)
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Atomic data from the Iron Project. XXVII. Electron impact excitation collision
strengths and rate coefficients for Fe IV
       Zhang H.L., Pradhan A.K.
      <Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 126, 373 (1997)>
      =1997A&AS..126..373Z      (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
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ADC_Keywords: Atomic physics
Keywords: atomic processes - planetary nebulae: general - H II regions

Abstract:
    Collision strengths and maxwellian-averaged rate coefficients have
    been calculated for 8771 non-vanishing transitions among 140 fine
    structure levels, dominated by the configurations 3d^5^, 3d^4^4s, and
    3d^4^4p in Fe IV. Collision strengths are calculated using the
    R-matrix method with a 49 term close-coupling target expansion for
    electron energies up to 15 rydbergs. Rate coefficients are tabulated
    for a wide range of temperatures in which Fe IV is abundant in plasma
    sources. A brief discussion of the calculations and sample results are
    given. The present rates for Fe IV are expected to find applications
    in spectral diagnostics of a variety of astrophysical sources.

File Summary:
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  FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe             80        .   This file
levels3            43      140   Levels for table3
table3             80    23203  *Maxwellian-averaged collision strengths
                                  Upsilon(i,j) for the 8771 transitions between
                                  the 140 levels at T=2000-500000K in Fe IV
prog.f             74       36   Fortran code to read the data file table3
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Note on table3:
     Structure of file:
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    Records    Format               Explanations
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    1 -     4  20A4                 Title
            5  3I5                  Nuclear charge number Z, number of electrons
                                     per ion N and the number of levels
    6 -   145  I5,5A4,2X,I3,1PE11.4 Level index, configuration and term, total
                                     angular momentum J, and the energy
          146  2I8                  Number of transitions NTR and
                                     number of temperatures NTEMP
  147 -  1243  8(2i4,2x)            Transition keys ((i,j),i=1,j-1),j=2,ntr)),
                                     with i and j being the initial and the
                                     final levels.
         1244  F8.0                 Temperature T = 2000 K
 1245 -  2341  8(1PE9.2,1X)         Upsilons for the corresponding transitions
                                     specified in Record 147 - 1243.
 2342 - 23203  F8/8((1PE9.2,1X)    Repeating the above for 19 more temperatures:
                                     4000,  6000,  8000,  10000,  12000,  15000,
                                    17000, 20000, 25000,  30000,  40000,  50000,
                                    60000, 70000, 85000, 100000, 200000, 300000,
                                   500000
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See also:
    J/A+AS/103/273 : IRON Project II     IR collision strengths of C-like ions
    J/A+A/283/319  : IRON Project III    B-like ions
    J/A+AS/108/1   : IRON Project V      Collision strengths of O-like ions
    J/A+A/293/953  : IRON Project VI     Fe II collision strengths
    J/A+A/293/967  : IRON Project VII    Fe II radiative transitions
    J/A+AS/109/193 : IRON Project VIII   Electron excitation of Ti-like ions
    J/A+AS/119/509 : IRON Project XVII   Radiative transition in Fe III
    J/A+AS/119/523 : IRON Project XVIII  Electron impact for Fe III
    J/A+AS/120/361 : IRON Project XIX    Fe II radiative transitions
    J/A+AS/123/159 : IRON Project XXII   C and O radiative rates
    J/A+AS/123/575 : IRON Project XXIII  Fe XXII excitation rate coefficients
    J/A+AS/131/499 : IRON Project XXIX    Boron isoelectronic sequence
    J/A+AS/131/153 : IRON Project XXXI    Fe XII electron excitation
    J/A+AS/135/347 : IRON Project XXXV    Fe XXIV & Fe XXV oscillator strengths
    J/A+AS/136/395 : IRON Project XXXVII  Fe VI collision strengths
    J/A+AS/137/165 : IRON Project XXXVIII Fe XV electron excitation
    J/A+AS/143/483 : IRON Project XLII    Fe XXI electron impact excitation
    J/A+AS/144/141 : IRON Project XLIII   Fe V transition probabilities    

Byte-by-byte Description of file: levels3
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   3-  5  I3    ---     Index     Level index
   9- 19  A11   ---     Conf      Electronic configuration
  23- 25  A3    ---     Term      Electronic term
  29- 30  I2    ---     J         Total angular momentum
  33- 42  E10.4 Ry      E         Theoretical energy
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Acknowledgements: Honglin Zhang <zhang@astronomy.ohio-state.edu>

References:
  1993A&A...279..298H : IRON Project I  Goal and methods
  1994A&AS..107...29S : IRON Project IV  Electron excitation of F-like ions
  1995A&AS..110..209P : IRON Project IX  Electron excitation of Cl-like ion
  1995A&AS..111..347G : IRON Project X  Si- & S-like ions IR collision strengths
  1996A&AS..115..151S : IRON Project XI  Ar VI, K VII and Ca VIII fine-structure
  1995A&AS..114..367B : IRON Project XII  V-like ions electron excitation
  1996A&AS..115..551B : IRON Project XIII  Ni II & Fe II electron excitation
  1996A&A...309..677S : IRON Project XIV  Fe XIV fine-structure transition
  1996A&AS..118..157K : IRON Project XV  Electron excitation of He II & Fe XXVI
  1996A&AS..119..105B : IRON Project XVI  Fe V oscillator strengths
  1997A&AS..122..167B : IRON Project XX  Fe I oscillator strengths
  1997A&AS..122..177P : IRON Project XXI  Fe I fine-structure transition
  1997A&AS..126..105B : IRON Project XXIV  Fe XXIV electron excitation
  1997A&AS..126..365B : IRON Project XXVI  Fe IV oscillator strengths
  1998A&AS..129..161B : IRON Project XXVIII F-like ions fine-structure trans.
  1999A&AS..134..369S : IRON Project XXX    P III, S IV & Cl V collision data
  1998A&AS..133..245G : IRON Project XXXII  Ar III effective collision strength
  1999A&AS..135..159M : IRON Project XXXIII Carbon radiative rates
  1999A&AS..136..385E : IRON Project XXXIV  Fe XVI electron impact excitation
  1999A&AS..137..175C : IRON Project XXXVI  Fe XXIII electron excitation
  1999A&AS..137..529B : IRON Project XXXIX  Ni II oscillator strengths
  2000A&AS..141..285S : IRON Project XL     Fe XIV electron excitation
  2000A&AS..142..313B : IRON Project XLI    Fe VII electron excitation
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(End)                                         Patricia Bauer [CDS]   12-Sep-1997

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