Abstract
Aims: To calculate transition rates from ground and excited states in neutral oxygen atoms due to electron collisions for non-LTE modelling of oxygen in late-type stellar atmospheres, thus enabling reliable interpretation of oxygen lines in stellar spectra. Methods: A 38-state R-matrix calculation in LS-coupling has been performed. Basis orbitals from the literature (Thomas et al.) are adopted, and a large set of configurations are included to obtain good representations of the target wavefunctions. Rate coefficients are calculated by averaging over a Maxwellian velocity distribution. Results: Estimates for the cross sections and rate coefficients are presented for transitions between the seven lowest LS states of neutral oxygen. The cross sections for excitation from the ground state compare well with existing experimental and recent theoretical results.
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- 2006
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- article
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- 462
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- 2
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- 781-788
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P. S. Barklem,
P. S. Barklem
(2006).
Electron-impact excitation of neutral oxygen.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
, 462
(2)
, 781-788.
https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066341
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- 10.1051/0004-6361:20066341