Theoretical Spectra of Lanthanides for Kilonovae Events: Ho I-III, Er I-IV, Tm I-V, Yb I-VI, Lu I-VII

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Nahar, Sultana N. [1 ]
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[1] Ohio State Univ, Dept Astron, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
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atomic data; energies; transition parameters; photo-excitation cross-sections; photoabsorption spectra; lanthanide ions - Ho I-III; Er I-IV; Tm I-V; Yb I-VI; Lu I-VII; broad emission bumps; TRANSITION-PROBABILITIES; OSCILLATOR-STRENGTHS; ATOMIC-DATA; IRON PROJECT; LINES; NUCLEOSYNTHESIS; LIFETIMES;
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10.3390/atoms12040024
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学]; O56 [分子物理学、原子物理学];
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070203 ; 070304 ; 081704 ; 1406 ;
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The broad emission bump in the electromagnetic spectra observed following the detection of gravitational waves created during the kilonova event of the merging of two neutron stars in August 2017, named GW170817, has been linked to the heavy elements of lanthanides (Z = 57-71) and a new understanding of the creation of heavy elements in the r-process. The initial spectral emission bump has a wavelength range of 3000-7000 & Aring;, thus covering the region of ultraviolet (UV) to optical (O) wavelengths, and is similar to those seen for lanthanides. Most lanthanides have a large number of closely lying energy levels, which introduce extensive sets of radiative transitions that often form broad regions of lines of significant strength. The current study explores these broad features through the photoabsorption spectroscopy of 25 lanthanide ions, Ho I-III, Er I-IV, Tm I-V, Yb I-VI, and Lu I-VII. With excitation only to a few orbitals beyond the ground configurations, we find that most of these ions cover a large number of bound levels with open 4f orbitals and produce tens to hundreds of thousands of lines that may form one or multiple broad features in the X-ray to UV, O, and infrared (IR) regions. The spectra of 25 ions are presented, indicating the presence, shapes, and wavelength regions of these features. The accuracy of the atomic data used to interpret the merger spectra is an ongoing problem. The present study aims at providing improved atomic data for the energies and transition parameters obtained using relativistic Breit-Pauli approximation implemented in the atomic structure code SUPERSTRUCTURE and predicting possible features. The present data have been benchmarked with available experimental data for the energies, transition parameters, and Ho II spectrum. The study finds that a number of ions under the present study are possible contributors to the emission bump of GW170817. All atomic data will be made available online in the NORAD-Atomic-Data database.
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