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A Comprehensive X-Ray Absorption Model for Atomic Oxygen

Author
Mendoza, C.
Published
November 26, 2013.
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1 electronic document
Additional Creators
Kaastra, J. S., Bautista, M. A., Zatsarinny, O., Gorczyca, T. W., Kallman, T. R., Manson, S. T., Hasoglu, M. F., Garcia, J., Gatuzz, E., Raassen, A. J. J., and de Vries, C. P.
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Summary
An analytical formula is developed to accurately represent the photoabsorption cross section of atomic Oxygen for all energies of interest in X-ray spectral modeling. In the vicinity of the K edge, a Rydberg series expression is used to fit R-matrix results, including important orbital relaxation effects, that accurately predict the absorption oscillator strengths below threshold and merge consistently and continuously to the above-threshold cross section. Further, minor adjustments are made to the threshold energies in order to reliably align the atomic Rydberg resonances after consideration of both experimental and observed line positions. At energies far below or above the K-edge region, the formulation is based on both outer- and inner-shell direct photoionization, including significant shake-up and shake-off processes that result in photoionization-excitation and double-photoionization contributions to the total cross section. The ultimate purpose for developing a definitive model for oxygen absorption is to resolve standing discrepancies between the astronomically observed and laboratory-measured line positions, and between the inferred atomic and molecular oxygen abundances in the interstellar medium from XSTAR and SPEX spectral models.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
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Document ID: 20140017481.
GSFC-E-DAA-TN16001.
The Astrophysical Journal; 779; No. 1; 78.
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