Measurement of the 3d→2p resonance to intercombination line-intensity ratio in neonlike Fe XVII

Measurements of the 3d→2p resonance and intercombination lines were made on the PLT tokamak for the neonlike ions Fe XVII, Ge XXIII, and Se XXV at several electron temperatures. The observed ratios agree with measurements of the ratios of the electron-impact excitation cross sections measured at the Livermore EBIT-II electron beam ion trap indicating that the effects of indirect excitation processes active in a plasma environment are minor for this line pair. However, the measured ratios are significantly smaller than theoretical predictions of their relative oscillator strengths or electron-impact excitation rates, illustrating the need to use laboratory measurements to calibrate this line pair at the level necessary for spectral diagnostics