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@PHDTHESIS{Menz:357192,
author = {Menz, Esther Babette},
othercontributors = {Jena, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek and
Stöhlker, Thomas and Schmidt, Henning and Pajek, Marek},
title = {{P}reparation and realisation of first dielectronic
recombination experiments at {CRYRING}@{ESR}},
school = {Friedrich Schiller University Jena},
type = {Dissertation},
publisher = {Friedrich Schiller University Jena},
reportid = {GSI-2025-00335},
pages = {125 p.},
year = {2024},
note = {Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 2024},
abstract = {Dielectronic recombination (DR) is the resonant capture of
a free electron by an ion. It is a fundamental process in
determining the charge-state balance of low-temperature
plasma environments, which can be found in a wide range of
astrophysical objects such as planetary nebulae, active
galactic nuclei and supernova remnants. Accurate rates of DR
are therefore required to model these objects and correctly
interpret astronomical observations. While theory can
nowadays predict many DR transitions quite reliably, in
particular for high centre-of-mass energies, transitions at
low energies (ie a few eV and below) are less easy to
predict in terms of their position and strength. In order to
provide reliable data for plasma modelling, DR experiments
are carried out at the electron coolers of heavy-ion storage
rings which provide cooled merged-beam electron targets that
allow for precise measurements of DR spectra. At the
CRYRING@ESR storage ring at GSI/FAIR a new setup for DR
measurements has been installed and taken into operation in
the past few years. Making use of the ultra-cold electron
beam and the wide variety of available ions in different
charge states, we have implemented DR experiments to explore
various physics cases. This includes both recombination rate
measurements with an astrophysical motivation as described
above, as well as the use of DR as a spectroscopic tool to
probe the atomic structure of heavy highly-charged ions in
order to benchmark atomic theory. The focus of this work is
on DR measurements on neon ions: The first DR experiment
conducted at CRYING@ESR was a test measurement on Li-like
neon, which reproduced data obtained in a previous CRYRING
experiment in Stockholm. As part of a new programme of
astrophysically motivated DR campaigns, low-energy DR of
O-like neon was then measured and the merged-beam
recombination rate coefficient (MBRRC) and plasma
recombination rate coefficient (PRRC) were calculated.},
keywords = {Atomphysik (Other) / Dielektronische Rekombination (Other)
/ Speicherring (Other) / 530 (Other)},
cin = {PTS / SPARC@FAIR},
cid = {I:(DE-Ds200)PTS-20220701OR463 /
I:(DE-Ds200)Coll-FAIR-SPARC},
pnm = {631 - Matter – Dynamics, Mechanisms and Control
(POF4-631)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-631},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-Ds200)E140-20221208},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)11},
urn = {urn:nbn:de:gbv:27-dbt-64496-4},
doi = {10.22032/DBT.64496},
url = {https://repository.gsi.de/record/357192},
}