Dielectronic capture into excited levels of Ne-like selenium

Dielectronic recombination into the singly excited M-shell states of neon-like selenium is studied using results from a multiconfigurational relativistic distorted-wave Auger model. The relativistic calculations are based on the use of a continuous radial grid which is logarithmic at small r and linear at large r. Detailed results are presented for recombination coefficients on a state by state basis, in a manner compatible with detailed level population kinetics modelling of highly-stripped ions in a plasma. The theoretical partial recombination coefficients for recombination through the 3l3l' manifold yield peak recombination rates of 1.58*10 -11 , 1.37*10 -11 and 1.56*10 -11 cm 3 s -1 for recombination from the fluorine-like 2 P 3/2 , 2 P 1/2 and 2 S 1/2 states respectively.