Collisional and Radiative Processes in Optically Thin Plasmas

被引:22
作者
Bradshaw, Stephen J. [1 ]
Raymond, John [2 ]
机构
[1] Rice Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Houston, TX 77005 USA
[2] Ctr Astrophys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
关键词
Microphysical processes; SOLAR TRANSITION REGION; ELECTRON KAPPA-DISTRIBUTION; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; STEEP TEMPERATURE-GRADIENTS; NONLOCAL THERMAL TRANSPORT; SELF-CONSISTENT FORMATION; CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS; ION OUTFLOW SPEEDS; IV LINE RATIOS; NONEQUILIBRIUM IONIZATION;
D O I
10.1007/s11214-013-9970-0
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Most of our knowledge of the physical processes in distant plasmas is obtained through measurement of the radiation they produce. Here we provide an overview of the main collisional and radiative processes and examples of diagnostics relevant to the microphysical processes in the plasma. Many analyses assume a time-steady plasma with ion populations in equilibrium with the local temperature and Maxwellian distributions of particle velocities, but these assumptions are easily violated in many cases. We consider these departures from equilibrium and possible diagnostics in detail.
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页码:271 / 306
页数:36
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