ON THE STARK BROADENING OF Ru III SPECTRAL LINES

Stark broadening parameters, full widths at half maximum (FWHM) and shifts for spectral lines within six multiplets of doubly charged ruthenium ions have been calculated, for an electron density of 1017 cm-3 and temperature range from 10 000 K to 160 000 K. Calculations have been performed with the simplified modified semiempirical (SMSE) approach. In the case of two multiplets, it is possible to apply the full modified semiempirical method. The corresponding calculations have been performed and results are compared in order to test and determine the accuracy of the SMSE approach. The results are also used for the consideration of Stark width and shift regularities in Ru III spectrum.

Stark Width Data for Tb II, Tb III and Tb IV Spectral Lines

A dataset of Stark widths for Tb II, Tb III and Tb IV is presented. To data obtained before, the results of new calculations for 62 Tb III lines from 5d to 6pj(6,j)o, a transition array, have been added. Calculations have been performed by using the simplified modified semiempirical method for temperatures from 5000 to 80,000 K for an electron density of 1017 cm−3. The results were also used to discuss the regularities within multiplets and a supermultiplet.

On the Stark Broadening of Be II Spectral Lines

Calculated Stark broadening parameters of singly ionized beryllium spectral lines have been reported. Three spectral series have been studied within semiclassical perturbation theory. The plasma conditions cover temperatures from 2500 to 50,000 K and perturber densities 1011 cm−3 and 1013 cm−3. The influence of the temperature and the role of the perturbers (electrons, protons and He+ ions) on the Stark width and shift have been discussed. Results could be useful for plasma diagnostics in astrophysics, laboratory, and industrial plasmas.

Monopole Contribution to the Stark Width of Hydrogenlike Spectral Lines in Plasmas: Analytical Results

One of the most reliable and frequently used methods for diagnosing various laboratory and astrophysical plasmas is based on the Stark broadening of spectral lines. It allows for determining from the experimental line profiles important parameters, such as the electron density and temperature, the ion density, the magnetic field, and the field strength of various types of the electrostatic plasma turbulence. Since, in this method, radiating atoms or ions are used as the sensitive probes of the above parameters, these probes have to be properly calibrated. In other words, an accurate theory of the Stark broadening of spectral lines in plasmas is required. In the present paper, we study, analytically, the monopole contribution to the Stark width of hydrogen-like spectral lines in plasmas. For this purpose, we use the formalism from paper by Mejri, Nguyen, and Ben Lakhdar. We show that the monopole contribution to the width has a non-monotonic dependence on the velocity of perturbing electrons. Namely, at relatively small electron velocities, the width decreases as the velocity increases. Then it reaches a minimum and (at relatively large electron velocities), as the velocity further increases, the width increases. The non-monotonic dependence of the monopole contribution to the width on the electron velocity is a counter-intuitive result. The outcome that at relatively large electron velocities, the monopole contribution to the width increases with the increase in the electron velocity is in a striking distinction to the dipole contribution to the width, which decreases as the electron velocity increases. We show that, in the situation encountered in various areas of plasma research (such as in magnetically-controlled fusion), where there is a relativistic electron beam (REB) in a plasma, the monopole contribution to the width due to the REB exceeds the corresponding dipole contribution by four orders of magnitude and practically determines the entire Stark width of hydrogenic spectral lines due to the REB.

Stark broadening of Co ii spectral lines in hot stars and white dwarf spectra

ABSTRACT Stark full widths at half-maximum for 46 Co ii multiplets have been calculated using modified semi-empirical method. The obtained results have been used to demonstrate the importance of Stark broadening mechanism in DA and DB white dwarf and A star atmospheres. With the obtained results we also test possibility of using some approximate methods of Stark width calculations developed on the basis of regularities and systematic trends.

Stark Widths Regularities Within: ns-np, np-ns, np-nd, nd-np and nd-nf Spectral Series of Potassium Isoelectronic Sequence

Results presented in this paper show a regular behaviour of Stark widths within the studied spectral series of potassium isoelectronic sequence. These regularities have been found and verified on the basis of the existing theoretical and experimental data being normalized for the same plasma conditions (chosen electron density and temperature). Using the available set of data the corresponding formulas expressing the Stark widths of the lines originated from the spectral series studied here as a function of the upper-level ionization potential and the rest core charge of the emitter seeing by the electron undergoing transition, are obtained here. Well established and verified dependence is used to calculate Stark width data needed but not available so far. For the purposes of the operation with a large number of data, algorithms for the analysis of Stark width dependence on temperature and electron density and for the investigation of the assumed correlation between Stark width and ionization potential of the upper level of analyzed transition, have been made. Developed algorithms enable fast data processing.

Investigation of Stark line broadening within spectral series of potassium and copper isoelectronic sequences

We have investigated Stark line broadening within the spectral series of potassium-like and copper-like emitters, both separately and together. The analysis was performed for fixed values of electronic density Ne = 1022 m−3 and temperature $T = 100\, 000$ K. Algorithms made for fast data processing also serve for temperature and density normalization of data. Relations obtained using the regularity-based analysis enable predictions of Stark widths for transitions that have not yet been calculated or measured. Results of present investigation can be used for quality control of available Stark width data.

Measurement of Dysprosium Stark Width and the Electron Impact Width Parameter

In this work, we suggest a methodology to determine the impact parameter for neutral dysprosium emission lines from the characterization of the plasma generated by laser ablation in a sealed chamber filled with argon. The procedure is a combination of known consistent spectroscopic methods for plasma temperature determination, electron density, and species concentration. With an electron density of 3.1 × 1018 cm–3 and temperature close to 104 K, we estimated the impact electron parameter for nine spectral lines of the neutral dysprosium atom. The gaps in the impact parameter data in the literature, mainly for heavy elements, stress the importance of the proposed method.