Atomic data and spectral line intensities for Mg VI

Abstract

Electron impact collision strengths, energy levels, oscillator strengths, and spontaneous radiative decay rates are calculated for Mg VI. The configurations used are 2s 22p 3, 2s2p 4, 2p 5, 2s 22p 23s, 2s 22p 23p, and 2s 22p 23d, giving rise to 72 fine-structure levels in intermediate coupling. Collision strengths are calculated at five incident energies, 12, 24, 36, 48, and 60 Ry. Excitation rate coefficients are calculated as a function of electron temperature by assuming a Maxwellian electron velocity distribution. Using the excitation rate coefficients and the radiative transition rates, statistical equilibrium equations for level populations are solved at electron densities covering the range of 10 8–10 14 cm −3 at an electron temperature of log T e (K) = 5.6, corresponding to maximum abundance of Mg VI. Relative and absolute spectral line intensities are calculated and compared with observations of a solar active region.