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Diagnostic Utility of the Relative Intensity of 3C to 3D in Fe XVII

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In this paper, the relative intensity of the resonance and intercombination line in neon-like Fe XVII, located at 15.01 and 15.26 A, respectively, has been measured at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory electron beam ion trap EBIT-II as a function of the relative abundance of Fe XVI.
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The relative intensity R of the resonance and intercombination line in neon-like Fe XVII, located at 15.01 and 15.26 A, respectively, has been measured at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory electron beam ion trap EBIT-II as a function of the relative abundance of sodium-like Fe XVI. Our measurements identify several Fe XVI lines and one Fe XV line in this region. We show that an Fe XVI inner shell satellite line coincides with the intercombination line and can significantly reduce the apparent R. We measure R = 1.90 ± 0.11 when the relative abundance of Fe XVI to Fe XVII is ~1. This explains the anomalously low ratios observed in the solar and stellar coronae. The fact that the apparent relative intensity of the resonance and intercombination line in Fe XVII is sensitive to the strength of an Fe XVI inner shell satellite, and therefore, the relative abundance of Fe XVI to Fe XVII, makes the line ratio a diagnostic of temperature.

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Updated Atomic Data and Calculations for X-Ray Spectroscopy

TL;DR: AtomDB 2.0.2 as discussed by the authors is a database of atomic data and a plasma modeling code with a focus on X-ray astronomy, including new ionization balance data, state-selective recombination data, and updated collisional excitation data for many ions, including the iron L-shell ions from Fe+16 to Fe+23 and all of the hydrogen- and helium-like sequences.
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Indirect X-Ray Line-Formation Processes in Iron L-Shell Ions

TL;DR: In this paper, the role of indirect processes in the soft X-ray line formation of iron L-shell ions, using a newly developed, relativistic, multiconfigurational atomic package, was investigated.
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Updated Atomic Data and Calculations for X-ray Spectroscopy

TL;DR: AtomDB 2.0.2 as mentioned in this paper is a database of atomic data and a plasma modeling code with a focus on X-ray astronomy, which includes several major updates to the fundamental atomic structure and process data held within AtomDB, incorporating new ionization balance data, state-selective recombination data, and updated collisional excitation data for many ions.
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High Resolution Observations of the Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4636 with the Reflection Grating Spectrometer On-Board XMM-Newton

TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented the first high spectral resolution X-ray observation of the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 4636, obtained with the Reflection Grating Spectrometer on-board the XMM-Newton Observatory.
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High-Resolution Observations of the Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4636 with the Reflection Grating Spectrometer on Board XMM-Newton

TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented the first high spectral resolution X-ray observation of the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 4636, obtained with the reflection grating spectrometer on board the XMM-Newton Observatory.
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