Theoretical studies of dielectronic recombination for Au34+ ions

Abstract

Dielectronic recombination (DR) rate coefficients of complex structure ions are very important for spectral simulation in some application researches, such as nuclear fusion and extreme ultraviolet lithography. Theoretical calculations are made for dielectronic recombination rate coefficients of Au34+ ions by using a flexible relativistic atomic code. Influences of excitation and radiation channels, configuration interactions, and decays to autoionizing levels possibly followed by radiative cascades (DAC) on DR rate coefficient are analyzed. The contribution of DAC is evident. The total DR rate coefficient is greater than either the radiation recombination coefficient or three-body recombination coefficient for electron temperature greater than 1 eV. In order to facilitate simple applications, the total DR rate coefficients for the ground state and the first excited state are fitted to an empirical formula. These results should be useful for further analyzing the DR process of complex structures ions.