{"title":"Photoionization and photoabsorption study of Ne-like Mg2+, Al3+ and Si4+ ions using the relativistic configuration interaction method","authors":"G.A. Alna'washi , O. Abu-Haija , S.M. Hamasha","doi":"10.1016/j.physo.2025.100317","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper presents comprehensive calculations of resonance energies for photoabsorption and photoionization of Ne-like Mg<sup>2+</sup>, Al<sup>3+</sup> and Si<sup>4+</sup> ions. We report ionization threshold limits, resonance energies, wavelengths, transition rates, and oscillator strengths for 1s<sup>2</sup> 2s 2p<sup>6</sup> (<sup>2</sup>S<sub>1/2</sub>) np (<sup>1</sup>P<sub>1</sub>), 1s 2s<sup>2</sup> 2p<sup>6</sup> (<sup>2</sup>S<sub>1/2</sub>) np (<sup>1</sup>P<sub>1</sub>), 2s<sup>2</sup> 2p<sup>5</sup> (<sup>2</sup>P) ns, and 2s<sup>2</sup> 2p<sup>5</sup> (<sup>2</sup>P) nd Rydberg series. All the calculations were performed using the relativistic configuration interaction (RCI) method within the Flexible Atomic Code (FAC). The RCI results show very good agreement with existing theoretical and experimental values reported in literature. Moreover, we present new tabulations of K-shell photoexcitation for Mg<sup>2+</sup>, Al<sup>3+</sup> and Si<sup>4+</sup> ions, as well as unreported outer-shell resonance features to highly excited states. This provides an improved description of the photoabsorption spectrum, which are important for high-precision spectral modeling in astrophysical plasmas.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36067,"journal":{"name":"Physics Open","volume":"25 ","pages":"Article 100317"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4000,"publicationDate":"2025-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Physics Open","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666032625000675","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Physics and Astronomy","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This paper presents comprehensive calculations of resonance energies for photoabsorption and photoionization of Ne-like Mg2+, Al3+ and Si4+ ions. We report ionization threshold limits, resonance energies, wavelengths, transition rates, and oscillator strengths for 1s2 2s 2p6 (2S1/2) np (1P1), 1s 2s2 2p6 (2S1/2) np (1P1), 2s2 2p5 (2P) ns, and 2s2 2p5 (2P) nd Rydberg series. All the calculations were performed using the relativistic configuration interaction (RCI) method within the Flexible Atomic Code (FAC). The RCI results show very good agreement with existing theoretical and experimental values reported in literature. Moreover, we present new tabulations of K-shell photoexcitation for Mg2+, Al3+ and Si4+ ions, as well as unreported outer-shell resonance features to highly excited states. This provides an improved description of the photoabsorption spectrum, which are important for high-precision spectral modeling in astrophysical plasmas.