The Optically Thick FexviiSpectrum: X‐Ray, Extreme‐Ultraviolet, and Forbidden Line Ratios

Abstract
Level populations, X-ray line fluxes, and extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) line intensities are calculated for a 37 level model of the Fe XVII ion, as functions of the column density of Fe XVII, in slab geometry and cylindrical geometry. The resonance lines at 15.02 and 15.25 Å are found to exhibit initial increases in fluxes relative to the forbidden line at 17.10 Å and the usual reference resonance line at 16.78 Å as optical thickness increases. Eleven EUV lines and the forbidden 2p53s(3P0-3P1) transition near 1154 Å are also found to be relatively enhanced by opacity.