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This book provides a compact yet comprehensive overview of recentdevelopments in collisional-radiative (CR) modeling of laboratory andastrophysical plasmas. It describes advances across the entirefield, from basic considerations of model completeness to validation andverification of CR models to calculation of plasma kinetic characteristics andspectra in diverse plasmas.
Various approaches to CR modeling are presented, together with numerousexamples of applications. A number of important topics, such as atomicmodels for CR modeling, atomic data and its availability and quality, radiationtransport, non-Maxwellian effects on plasma emission, ionization potentiallowering, and verification and validation of CR models, are thoroughlyaddressed. Strong emphasis is placed on the most recent developments in thefield, such as XFEL spectroscopy.
Written by leading international research scientists from a number ofkey laboratories, the book offers a timely summary of the most recent progress in this area. It will be a useful and practical guide for students andexperienced researchers working in plasma spectroscopy, spectra simulations,and related fields.
List of contents
1 Balancing Detail and Completeness in Collisional-Radiative Models; S.B. Hansen.- 2 Self-Consistent Large-Scale Collisional-Radiative Modeling; C.J. Fontes, J. Colgan, J. Abdallah, Jr.- 3 Generalized Collisional-Radiative Model Using Screened Hydrogenic Levels; H.-K.Chung, S.B. Hansen, H.A. Scott.- 4 Collisional-Radiative Modeling for Radiation Hydrodynamics Codes; H.A. Scott.- 5 Average Atom Approximation in Non-LTE Level Kinetics; V.G. Novikov(+).- 6 Collisional-Radiative Modeling and Interaction of Monochromatic X-rays with Matter; O. Peyrusse.- 7 Spectral Modeling in Astrophysics - the Physics of Non-Equilibrium Clouds; G.J. Ferland and R.J.R. Williams.- 8 Validation and Verification of Collisional-Radiative Codes; Yu. Ralchenko.
About the author
Dr. Ralchenko works in atomic physics, collisional-radiative modeling, atomic data, plasma emission, and plasma population kinetics. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society, citation (partial): “for significant contributions to the relativistic theory of highly-charged ions and collisional-radiative modeling…”
Summary
This book provides a compact yet comprehensive overview of recent
developments in collisional-radiative (CR) modeling of laboratory and
astrophysical plasmas. It describes advances across the entire
field, from basic considerations of model completeness to validation and
verification of CR models to calculation of plasma kinetic characteristics and
spectra in diverse plasmas.
Various approaches to CR modeling are presented, together with numerous
examples of applications. A number of important topics, such as atomic
models for CR modeling, atomic data and its availability and quality, radiation
transport, non-Maxwellian effects on plasma emission, ionization potential
lowering, and verification and validation of CR models, are thoroughly
addressed. Strong emphasis is placed on the most recent developments in the
field, such as XFEL spectroscopy.
Written by leading international research scientists from a number of
key laboratories, the book offers a timely summary of the most recent progress in this area. It will be a useful and practical guide for students and
experienced researchers working in plasma spectroscopy, spectra simulations,
and related fields.
