An unexpectedly low oscillator strength as the origin of the Fe xvii emission 
problem.

Bernitt, S.; Brown, G. V.; Rudolph, J. K.; Steinbrügge, R.; Graf, A.; Leutenegger, M.; Epp, S. W.; Eberle, S.; Kubicek, K.; Mäckel, V.; Simon, M. C.; Träbert, E.; Magee, E. W.; Beilmann, C.; Hell, N.; Schippers, S.; Müller, A.; Kahn, S. M.; Surzhykov, A.; Harman, Z.; Keitel, C. H.; Clementson, J.; Porter, F. S.; Schlotter, W.; Turner, J. J.; Ullrich, J.; Beiersdorfer, P.; López-Urrutia, & J. R. Crespo

doi:10.1038/nature11627

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An unexpectedly low oscillator strength as the origin of the Fe xvii emission problem.

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Kubicek, K.
Research Group of Structural Dynamics of (Bio)chemical Systems, MPI for biophysical chemistry, Max Planck Society;

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Bernitt, S., Brown, G. V., Rudolph, J. K., Steinbrügge, R., Graf, A., Leutenegger, M., Epp, S. W., Eberle, S., Kubicek, K., Mäckel, V., Simon, M. C., Träbert, E., Magee, E. W., Beilmann, C., Hell, N., Schippers, S., Müller, A., Kahn, S. M., Surzhykov, A., Harman, Z., Keitel, C. H., Clementson, J., Porter, F. S., Schlotter, W., Turner, J. J., Ullrich, J., Beiersdorfer, P., & López-Urrutia, &. J. R. C. (2012). An unexpectedly low oscillator strength as the origin of the Fe xvii emission problem. Nature, 492(7428), 225-228. doi:10.1038/nature11627.

引用: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-000E-B91E-C

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Highly charged iron (Fe161, here referred to as Fe XVII) produces some of the brightest X-ray emission lines from hot astrophysical objects1, including galaxy clusters and stellar coronae, and it dominates the emission of the Sun at wavelengths near 15 a˚ngstro¨ms. The Fe XVII spectrum is, however, poorly fitted by even the best astrophysical models. A particular problem has been that the intensity of the strongest Fe XVII line is generally weaker than predicted2,3. This has affected the interpretation of observations by the Chandra and XMM-Newton orbiting X-ray missions1, fuelling a continuing controversy over whether this discrepancy is caused by incomplete modelling of the plasma environment in these objects or by shortcomings in the treatment of the underlying atomic physics. Here we report the results of an experiment in which a target of iron ions was induced to fluoresce by subjecting it to femtosecond X-ray pulses from a free-electron laser4; our aim was to isolate a key aspect of the quantum mechanical description of the line emission. Surprisingly, we find a relative oscillator strength that is unexpectedly low, differing by 3.6s from the best quantum mechanical calculations. Our measurements suggest that the poor agreement is rooted in the quality of the underlying atomic wavefunctions rather than in insufficient modelling of collisional processes.