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FINE STRUCTURE FEATURES<br />

How to populate fine structure excited levels:<br />

1. Collisional processes:<br />

2. Radiative processes:<br />

Incident UV<br />

radiation<br />

Incoming<br />

e -<br />

2a. Indirect UV pumping<br />

Photoexcitation<br />

n + 1<br />

Radiative<br />

de-excitation<br />

n<br />

J=3/2<br />

J=1/2<br />

Incident IR<br />

radiation<br />

(Si II, C II) (Fe II)<br />

n<br />

(O I)<br />

2b. Direct IR pumping<br />

STRONG VARIABILITY EXPECTED!<br />

J=2<br />

J=1<br />

J=0<br />

Selection<br />

rule: ΔJ=0,±1<br />

n<br />

J=1/2<br />

J=3/2<br />

J=5/2<br />

J=7/2<br />

J=9/2

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