1. An unexpectedly low oscillator strength as the origin of the Fe XVII emission problem
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Bernitt, S., Brown, G.V., Rudolph, J.K., Steinbrugge, R., Graf, A., Leutenegger, M., Epp, S.W., Eberle, S., Kubicek, K., Mackel, V., Simon, M.C., Trabert, E., Magee, E.W., Beilmann, C., Hell, N., Schippers, S., Muller, A., Kahn, S.M., Surzhykov, A., Harman, Z., Keitel, C.H., Clementson, J., Porter, F.S., Schlotter, W., Turner, J.J., Ullrich, J., Beiersdorfer, P., and Lopez-Urrutia, J.R. Crespo
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Observations ,Chemical properties ,Research ,Particle collisions -- Observations ,Iron (Metal) -- Chemical properties ,Quantum mechanics -- Research ,Collisions (Nuclear physics) -- Observations ,Iron -- Chemical properties ,Quantum theory -- Research - Abstract
Highly charged iron ([Fe.sub.16+], here referred to as Fe XVII) produces some of the brightest X-ray emission lines from hot astrophysical objects (1), including galaxy clusters and stellar coronae, and [...]
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- 2012
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