2023/10/06 by E. Dzifčáková, Jaroslav Dudík, Dzifcakova, Elena +7
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Atmospheric Ozone and Climate #FOS: Physical sciences #Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2310.04591
openalex publication_date 2023/10/06 · openalex created_date 2023/10/13 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The KAPPA package is designed for calculations of optically thin spectra for the non-Maxwellian \kappa-distributions. This paper presents extension of the database to allow calculations of the spectra for extreme values of \kappa < 2, which are important for accurate diagnostics of the \kappa-distributions in the outer solar atmosphere. In addition, two improvements were made to the ionization equilibrium calculations within the database. First, the ionization equilibrium calculations now include the effect of electron impact multi-ionization (EIMI). Although relatively unimportant for Maxwellian distribution, the EIMI becomes important for some elements such as Fe and low values of \kappa, where it modifies the ionization equilibrium significantly. Second, the KAPPA database now includes the suppression of dielectronic recombination at high electron densities, evaluated via the suppression factors. We find that at the same temperature, the suppression of dielectronic recombination is almost independent of \kappa. The ionization equilibrium calculations for the \kappa-distributions are now provided for a range of electron densities.