Dielectronic recombination rate for the Be-sequence

Abstract

The dielectronic recombination (DR) rate coefficient α DR is explicitly calculated for the Mo, Fe, Ar, and Ox target ions of the Be-sequence with four electrons, in the isolated resonance approximation. This work extends the previous study of the Mo 38+ ions at 1.4, 2.8, and 5.6 keV electron temperatures. Both Δ n≠0 and Δ n = 0 transitions are considered in detail. The Δ n≠0 contribution still dominates, but the Δ n = 0 effect becomes quite large for heavy ions. An explicit LS coupling scheme is employed throughout for the dominant transitions calculated here, and contributions from many other intermediate states and cascade transitions are included by comparing the dominant contribution with the more complete Mo 38+ case and proportionately scaling their effect. Nonrelativistic Hartree-Fock wave functions are used in the evaluation of the Auger and radiative amplitudes, and the continuum wave functions are calculated using the Hartree-Fock direct potential and explicit nonlocal exchange potential. The scaling property of α DR and its breakdown are examined, and an improved form of the phenomenological formula is proposed.