Lowest-Order Thermal Correction to the Hydrogen Recombination Cross-Section in Presence of Blackbody Radiation

Autor: Jaroslav Triaskin, Timur Zalialiutdinov, Aleksei Anikin, Dmitrii Solovyev
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Atoms, Vol 9, Iss 4, p 80 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2218-2004
DOI: 10.3390/atoms9040080
Popis: In the present paper, the correction of the recombination and ionization processes of the hydrogen atom due to the thermal interaction of two charges was considered. The evaluation was based on a rigorous quantum electrodynamic (QED) approach within the framework of perturbation theory. The lowest-order radiative correction to the recombination/ionization cross-section was examined for a wide range of temperatures corresponding to laboratory and astrophysical conditions. The found thermal contribution was discussed both for specific states and for the total recombination and ionization coefficients.
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