IOP Publishing, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 5(635), p. 052093, 2015
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/635/5/052093
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We report the first systematic measurement of x-ray emission anisotropies following dielectronic, trielectronic and quadroelectronic recombination into He-like through O-like iron and krypton ions. Using the experimental data we calculated the polarization of the Kα x rays in an anisotropic plasma as a function of the plasma temperature. Unexpectedly, we found that the degree of polarization is dominated by previously neglected trielectronic and quadroelectronic recombination resonances.