Dielectronic recombination data for dynamic finite-density plasmas

Abstract

We have calculated total and partial final-state level-resolved dielectronic recombination (DR) rate coefficients for the ground and metastable initial levels of 21 Mg-like ions between Al + and Xe 42+ . This is the final part of the assembly of a levelresolved DR database necessary for modelling dynamic finite-density plasmas within the generalized collisional-radiative framework. Calculations have been performed in both LS - and intermediate coupling, allowing for ∆n = 0a nd∆n = 1 core-excitations from ground and metastable levels. Complementary partial and total radiative recombination RR coefficients have been calculated for the same ions viz. Al + through Zn 18+ ,a s well as Kr 24+ ,M o 30+ ,a nd Xe 42+ . Fitting coefficients which describe the total RR and DR rate coefficients (separately) are also presented here. Results for a selection of ions from this sequence are discussed, and compared with existing theoretical and experimental results. A full set of results can be accessed from the Atomic Data and Analysis Structure (ADAS) database or from the Oak Ridge Controlled Fusion Atomic Data Center (http://www-cfadc.phy.ornl.gov/data_and_codes). The complexity of further M-shell sequences, both from the atomic and modelling perspectives, renders this juncture a natural conclusion for the assemblage of the partial database. Further M-shell work, has and will, focus more on total rate coefficients, rather than partials, at least in the medium term.