X-Ray Spectroscopy in Astrophysics
A special issue of Atoms (ISSN 2218-2004).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 July 2025 | Viewed by 562
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
X-ray spectroscopy plays a decisive role in characterizing quantum transitions in atomic physics with highly charged ions. Its prosperous developments can be traced back to 1980s when highly charged ion sources like the electron cyclotron ion source and the electron beam ion source were invented. To date, various experimental and theoretical methods have become well established to assist in understanding the transitions and collision dynamics of highly charged ions under extremely strong electric fields. On the other hand, with the development of X-ray observation techniques in astrophysics in recent decades, the X-ray emission of highly charged ions has come to be a widely observed diagnostic entity in various hot plasma in astrophysical contexts. To better understand the origin of these particles and the relevant physical processes, a large amount of basic atomic data is required for accurately modeling. This Special Issue is focused mainly on laboratory-based astrophysics and seeks to introduce the development of experimental measurements and theoretical developments in fundamental atomic collision processes with highly charged ions. These include high-resolution X-ray measurements with electron beam ion traps and highly charged ion accelerators, recent progress in the direct measurement of charge exchange state selectivity, as well as electron impact excitation and dielectron recombination processes. The Special Issue aims to present some examples showing the importance of atomic physical data in astrophysical X-ray modeling . This Special Issue will be helpful for astrophysical X-ray studies with next generation of high-resolution X-ray missions.
Dr. Ruitian Zhang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- atomic physics with highly charged ions
- X-ray astrophysics
- modeling
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