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Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2015 Nov;92(5):053111. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.92.053111. Epub 2015 Nov 25.

Influence of atomic modeling on integrated simulations of laser-produced Au plasmas.

Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics

Yechiel Frank, Erez Raicher, Yosi Ehrlich, Gilad Hurvitz, Zeev Shpilman, Moshe Fraenkel, Arie Zigler, Zohar Henis

Affiliations

  1. Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
  2. Soreq Research Center, Yavne 81800, Israel.

PMID: 26651806 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.92.053111

Abstract

Time-integrated x-ray emission spectra of laser-irradiated Au disks were recorded using transmission grating spectrometry, at laser intensities of 10(13) to 10(14) W/cm(2). Radiation-hydrodynamics and atomic physics calculations were used to simulate the emitted spectra. Three major plasma regions can be recognized: the heat wave, the corona, and an intermediate region connecting them. An analysis of the spectral contribution of these three plasma regions to the integrated recorded spectrum is presented. The importance of accurate atomic modeling of the intermediate plasma region, between the corona and the heat wave, is highlighted. The influence of several aspects of the atomic modeling is demonstrated, in particular multiply-excited atomic configurations and departure from local thermal equilibrium.

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