Complete measurements of anisotropic x-ray emission following recombination of highly charged ions. (August 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shah, Chintan; Amaro, Pedro; Steinbrügge, René; Beilmann, Christian; Bernitt, Sven; Fritzsche, Stephan; Surzhykov, Andrey; López-Urrutia, José R Crespo; Tashenov, Stanislav
• Is Part Of: Journal of physics. Number 635(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-08
• Subjects: Physics -- Congresses; 530.5
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/635/5/052093
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-6588

Abstract

Synopsis: We report the first systematic measurement of x-ray emission anisotropies following dielectronic, trielectronic and quadroelectronic recombination into He-like through O-like iron and krypton ions. Using the experimental data we calculated the polarization of the Kα x rays in an anisotropic plasma as a function of the plasma temperature. Unexpectedly, we found that the degree of polarization is dominated by previously neglected trielectronic and quadroelectronic recombination resonances.