Ethan Palay 2026-11-05
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Ethan Palay co-developed calculations of electron-impact excitation in four-times-ionized neon. The resulting line-emissivity ratios showed strong sensitivity to low-temperature atomic collision behaviour, qualifying simple plasma-diagnostic interpretations.[ref]
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Fine-structure collision strengths and line ratios for Ne V in infrared and optical sources by Michael Dance and others 2026-11-05
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By Michael Dance, Ethan Palay, Sultana N. Nahar and Anil K. Pradhan. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 435(2), 1576–1581; published online 26 August 2013.
Cited passages: section 2.3, equations (3)–(4), Maxwellian effective collision strength and excitation coefficient; section 3.1, low-energy resonance structure and its effect on thermal rates. The published title encloses Ne V in square brackets to denote forbidden lines.
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