Sultana Nurun Nahar (Nahar)

Publications: SOLAR OPACITY

  • REFEREED JOURNALS:

    • 114. ``Large enhancements in high-energy photoionization of Fe XVII and missing continuum plasma opacity", S.N. Nahar and A.K. Pradhan, Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 235003 (2016)

    110. ``A higher-than-predicted measurement of iron opacity at solar interior temperatures", J. Bailey et al...,S.N. Nahar, .. (22 authors), Letter, Nature 517, 56-59 (8 pages of Methods, 2015, doi:10.1038/nature14048)
    NPR news on Nature Lett: Scientists Bring The Sun Down To Earth To Learn How It Works", December 30, 2014

    100. "Highly Excited Core Resonances in Photoionization of Fe xvii : Implications for Plasma Opacities", Sultana N. Nahar, Anil K. Pradhan, G.X. Chen, W. Eissner, Phys. Rev. A 83, 053417-1 to -12 (2011)

    104. "Fine structure transitions in Fe~XIV", Sultana N. Nahar, New Ast. 21, 8-16 (2013, dx.doi.org/10.1016/) (New Ast most downloaded paper July 2013)

    88. "Allowed and Forbidden Transition Parameters for Fe XV", Sultana N. Nahar, At. Data Nucl. Data Tables 95, 577-605 (2009)

    85. "A comprehensive set of UV and X-Ray Radiative Transition Rates for Fe~XVI", S.N. Nahar, W. Eissner, C. Sur, A.K. Pradhan, Phys. Scr. 79, 035401 (1-11) (2009)

    58. "Atomic data from the Iron Project LIII. Relativistic allowed and forbidden transition probabilities for Fe XVII", Sultana N. Nahar, Werner Eissner, Guo-Xin Chen, Anil K. Pradhan, Astronomy \& Astrophys. 408, 789 (2003)

    75. "Atomic data from the Iron Project LXII. Allowed and forbidden transitions in Fe~XVIII in Breit-Pauli approximation", Sultana N. Nahar, Astron. Astrophys. 457, 721 (2006) (Note: Atomic data were recomputed after publication and deposited to CDS when a bug was detected and fixed in one (RECUPD) of the R-matrix codes)

    99. "Oscillator Strengths and Transition Probabilities for Allowed and Forbidden Transition in Fe~XIX", Sultana N. Nahar, At. Data Nucl. Data Tables 97, 403-425 (2011)

    61. "Atomic data from the Iron Project LIV. Relativistic calculations for allowed and forbidden fine structure transitions in Fe~XX", Sultana N. Nahar, Astron. Astrophys. 413, 779 (2003)

  • INVITED REVIEWS (16):

    • 17. "STUDY OF OUR STAR, THE SUN", S.N. Nahar, proceedings of the 5th international conference on "Modern Trends in Physics Research" (MTPR-014), Egypt, December 15-19, 2014, (World Scientific, 2015 in press)

    14. "Photo-excitation and Photoionization for Plasma Opacities under the Iron Project" (refereed review), Sultana N. Nahar, Proceedings of the 4th international conference on MTPR-10, {\it Modern Trends in Physics Research}, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, December 12-16, 2010 (Editor: Lotfia El Nadi, World Scientific, 2013), p.15-28

    9. ``Accuracy of Stellar Opacitites and the Solar Abundance Problem", Anil K. Pradhan and Sultana N. Nahar, in proceedings of the symposium {\it Recent Directions Astrophysical Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiation Hydrodynamics} (in honor of Dimitri Mihalas's 70th birthday), Boulder Colorado, Mar 30 - Apr 3, 2009, p. 52-60 (American Institute of Physics, 2009)

  • INVITED ARTICLES (3):

    • 3. Studying Our Star, the Sun, Sultana N. Nahar, Anil K. Pradhan, Astronomy Day Observation Blog, Ohio Supercomputer Center, Columbus, OH, May 10, 2014.
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