This paper calculates the electron impact excitation rate coefficients from the ground term 2s^22p^2 3p to the excited terms of the 2s^22p^2, 2s^2p^3, 2s^22p3s, 2s^22p3p, and 2s^22p3d configurations of N II. In the ca...This paper calculates the electron impact excitation rate coefficients from the ground term 2s^22p^2 3p to the excited terms of the 2s^22p^2, 2s^2p^3, 2s^22p3s, 2s^22p3p, and 2s^22p3d configurations of N II. In the calculations, multiconfiguration Dirac-Fork wave functions have been applied to describe the target-ion states and relativistic distorted-wave calculation has been performed to generate fine-structure collision strengths. The collision strengths are then averaged over a Maxwellian distribution of electron velocities in order to generate the effective collision strengths. The calculated rate coefficients are compared with available experimental and theoretical data, and some good agreements are found for the outer shell electron excitations. But for the inner shell electron excitations there are still some differences between the present calculations and available experiments.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.10774122 and 10876028)the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (Grant No.20070736001)the Technology and Innovation Program of Northwest Normal University (Grant No.NWNU-KJCXGC-03-21)
文摘This paper calculates the electron impact excitation rate coefficients from the ground term 2s^22p^2 3p to the excited terms of the 2s^22p^2, 2s^2p^3, 2s^22p3s, 2s^22p3p, and 2s^22p3d configurations of N II. In the calculations, multiconfiguration Dirac-Fork wave functions have been applied to describe the target-ion states and relativistic distorted-wave calculation has been performed to generate fine-structure collision strengths. The collision strengths are then averaged over a Maxwellian distribution of electron velocities in order to generate the effective collision strengths. The calculated rate coefficients are compared with available experimental and theoretical data, and some good agreements are found for the outer shell electron excitations. But for the inner shell electron excitations there are still some differences between the present calculations and available experiments.
