Dielectronic Recombination Used As a Tool for Spectroscopic Studies of Highly Charged Ions

Systematic studies of electron–ion recombination for Li-like, Na-like, and Cu-like ions have been made during the last few years at the CRYRING facility. The main purpose has been to measure recombination spectra with such high resolution and accuracy that stringent tests of advanced atomic calculations of doubly excited states can be made. From the comparison with theory it is possible to obtain energy positions, as well as radiative and nonradiative decay rates for the doubly excited states. In addition, for heavy, highly charged ions it is possible to deduce radiative corrections for energy splittings with very high accuracy.