Storage-Ring Studies of Dielectronic Recombination as a Tool for Precision Spectroscopy

Abstract

The resonant channel of photorecombination (PR), the dielectronic recombination (DR) is a unique tool to investigate a broad range of questions in astrophysics, plasma physics, fundamental interactions, atomic, and nuclear physics. In this chapter, recent developments in the utilization of DR as a sensitive spectroscopic probe for heavy few-electron ions are discussed. The advances in the field are exemplified by a series of experimental studies carried out at the heavy-ion storage rings ESR in Darmstadt and TSR in Heidelberg.