Emission Process II: Collisional Plasmas
Covered are the basic atomic processes that are important in X-ray emitting plasmas; collisional excitation/ionization, photoexitation/ionization, radiative decay and so on.
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Covered are the basic atomic processes that are important in X-ray emitting plasmas; collisional excitation/ionization, photoexitation/ionization, radiative decay and so on.
Topics covered are synchroton radiation; Compton/Inverse Compton Radiation; Absorption; and Photoionized Plasmas (where kBTe << Ionization energy of plasma ions).
Important processes in X-ray plasmas are: 1. Ionization: Electron/proton collisions. Electron/proton (photoionization). innershell ionization. 2. Recombination: Radiative. Dielectronic. Charge exchange. 3. Excitation/Decay: Electron/proton collisions. Photoexcitation. Radiative decay.