Dielectronic recombination rate coefficient for Cu-like Au50+ ion

The rate coefficients alpha(DR) of dielectronic recombination. (DR) for Cu-like Au50+ ion collided with the incident free electron are calculated based on the quasi-relativistic multi-configuration Hartree-Fock theory. The results clearly show that the alpha(DR) of all recombination channels exhibits resonance characters with electron temperature. At lower temperatures, the recombination for electrons caused by 4s excitation is dominant through outer electron radiative transitions among the intermediate doubly excited autoionizing levels, in which the most components come from 3d(10)5pns states, whereas with increasing electron temperature, DR caused by 3d excitation turns out to be dominant, and the contribution from the 3d(9)4s4fnf state to the total rate coefficient of electron 3d is the largest with alpha(DR) = 1.15 X 10(-11) cm(3.)s(-1) at an electron temperature of T-e=0.35 keV. Under this condition, there exists a strong competition between the two types of recombination channels.