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Dielectronic Recombination Rates In Astrophysical Plasmas

Abstract

In this work we introduce a new expression of the plasma Dielecronic Recombination (DR) rate as a function of the temperature, derived assuming a small deformation of the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution and containing corrective factors, in addition to the usual exponential behaviour, caused by non-linear effects in slightly non ideal plasmas. We then compare the calculated DR rates with the experimental DR fits in the low temperature region.Comment: 6 pages, 1 figure, proceedings to the "International Symposium on Nuclear Astrophysics - Nuclei in the Cosmos - IX", 25-30 June 2006, CERN - Genev

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