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Radiative cascade

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A radiative cascade is a sequence of downward photon-emitting transitions following excitation or recombination. Cascades feed lower excited levels and change their emitted line intensities. An effective recombination coefficient includes all relevant cascade paths under its stated optical-depth and density assumptions.

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  • Effective recombination coefficient
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