Plasma screening and configuration interaction effects induced large enhancement on L-shell photoionization cross sections and opacity

arXiv:2607.21238 · physics.atom-ph, astro-ph.SR, physics.plasm-ph · Submitted 2026-07-23 · Read on arXiv

Fuyang Zhou, Shengbo Niu, Simei Lu, Chuangying Li, Xiang Gao, Yong Wu, Yizhi Qu, Jianguo Wang

physics.atom-ph, astro-ph.SR, physics.plasm-ph

Submitted: 2026-07-23

Comments: Main text: 6 pages, 5 figures; Supplemental Material: 3 pages, 2 figures

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

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