Journal article

Publication year: 2015

Journal: Physical review A

Volume number: 91

Issue number: 3

ISSN: 1050-2947

eISSN: 1094-1622

Open access status: Green

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.91.032502

Publisher: American Physical Society

Abstract: 
We present absolute measurements of radiative and Auger decay rates of K-shell vacancies in highly charged iron ions. The ions were resonantly excited with monochromatic x rays from the PETRA III synchrotron source. By measuring x-ray fluorescence and Auger decay simultaneously, absolute transition rates could be determined independently of most experimental parameters. The results confirm theoretical calculations, which are essential to model the photoexcited plasmas in x-ray binary stars and active galactic nuclei.

Harvard Citation style: Steinbruegge, R., Bernitt, S., Epp, S., Rudolph, J., Beilmann, C., Bekker, H., et al. (2015) Absolute measurement of radiative and Auger rates of K-shell-vacancy states in highly charged Fe ions, Physical review A, 91(3), Article 032502. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.91.032502

APA Citation style: Steinbruegge, R., Bernitt, S., Epp, S., Rudolph, J., Beilmann, C., Bekker, H., Eberle, S., Mueller, A., Versolato, O., Wille, H., Yavas, H., Ullrich, J., & Lopez-Urrutia, J. (2015). Absolute measurement of radiative and Auger rates of K-shell-vacancy states in highly charged Fe ions. Physical review A. 91(3), Article 032502. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.91.032502