Energy eigenvalues of helium-like atoms in dense plasmas

Calculations based on a variational method with wavefunctions including the correlation of electrons are carried out to obtain the energy eigenvalues of the Schrödinger equation for helium-like atoms embedded in dense plasmas, using the Debye-Hückel approximation. Energy eigenvalues for the 1 ¹S, 2 ¹S and 2 ³S states are obtained as a function of Debye screening length.     

Dynamics of positron scattering from lithium,sodium and potassium atoms in hot and dense plasmas

The dynamics of positron scattering from the ground state of lithium, sodium and potassium atoms in hot and dense plasmas has been investigated by applying a two-state approximation that includes elastic scattering and rearrangement scattering. The wave functions and energies of the target alkali atoms have been determined quite accurately within the framework of the ’method of model potential’. An inclusive study was made on the effects of plasma screening on the differential and total cross sections for elastic scattering and positronium formation in the ground state for the incident positron energy lying within 10 eV to 500 eV. For the unscreened case, our present results agree reasonably with the results of other calculations. It was found that the cross sections suffer considerable change due to the effects of the background plasma.     

Hydrogen Balmer-alpha broadening in dense plasmas

This work presents a theoretical analysis of experimental results for the hydrogen Balmer-alpha line in dense plasmas, with electron densities between 2x10(18) and 9x10(18) e/cm(3) A simulation of both electrons and ions is employed to produce reliable theoretical widths. These results are essentially in agreement with standard theory results and, for the most part, disagree with the experimental results. Consequently, either mechanisms not accounted for in the theoretical results (such as quadrupoles) are more important than previously thought at these densities, or else there is a problem in the experimental data (such as a possible reabsorption, which is not ruled out by the experimental data).     

Thermodynamics of dense high-temperature plasmas: Semiclassical approach

The pseudopotential model of particle interaction of a semiclassical fully ionized plasma, taking into account both quantum effects at short distances and screening field effects at large distances is developed. Radial distribution functions are investigated and it is shown that a short-range order formation can occur in the system under discussion. Correlation energy of dense high-temperature plasma, existing in astrophysical objects is studied and comparison with other methods is performed.     

Statistical description of ionization potentials in dense plasmas

The Thomas-Fermi model is used to investigate the influence of the density on the energies of ions in high-density plasmas (?10²¹?10²⁶ cm^?3). This model can be used to explain the two dominant high-density effects — continuum lowering and pressure ionization — by simple energy considerations. The result shows that only the outermost electrons are affected and that the inner region of the ion is hardly influenced by the density.     

Picosecond x-ray laser interferometry of dense plasmas

We present the first results from picosecond interferometry of dense laser-produced plasmas using a soft x-ray laser. The picosecond duration and short wavelength of the 14.7 nm Ni-like Pd laser mitigates effects associated with motion blurring and refraction through millimeter-scale plasmas. This enables direct measurement of the electron-density profile to within 10 microm of the target surface. A series of high-quality two-dimensional (2D) density measurements provide unambiguous characterization of the time evolution in a fast-evolving plasma suitable for validation of existing 1D and 2D hydrodynamic codes.     

Plasmon dispersion in dense,partially ionized plasmas

A hydrodynamic analysis is presented of the dispersion and damping of long wavelength plasma oscillations in a partially ionized plasma. It is shown that the ionization equilibrium leads to an additional damping mechanism which manifests itselg in a term proportional to the square of the wavenumber.     

Demonstration of spectrally resolved x-ray scattering in dense plasmas

We present the first spectrally resolved x-ray scattering measurements from solid-density plasmas. The scattering spectra show the broadened Compton down-shifted feature allowing us to determine the electron temperature and density with high accuracy. In the low temperature limit, our data indicate that the ionization balance reflects the electrons in the conduction band consistent with calculations that include quantum mechanical corrections to the interaction potential.     

New source of dense, cryogenic positron plasmas

We have developed a new method, based on the ballistic transfer of preaccumulated plasmas, to obtain large and dense positron plasmas in a cryogenic environment. The method involves transferring plasmas emanating from a region with a low magnetic field (0.14 T) and relatively high pressure (10(-9) mbar) into a 15 K Penning-Malmberg trap immersed in a 3 T magnetic field with a base pressure better than 10(-13) mbar. The achieved positron accumulation rate in the high field cryogenic trap is more than one and a half orders of magnitude higher than the previous most efficient UHV compatible scheme. Subsequent stacking resulted in a plasma containing more than 1.2 x 10(9) positrons, which is a factor 4 higher than previously reported. Using a rotating wall electric field, plasmas containing about 20 x 10(6) positrons were compressed to a density of 2.6 x 10(10) cm(-3). This is a factor of 6 improvement over earlier measurements.     

Au等离子体M带5f-3d跃迁透射谱的理论模拟

基于细致组态(DCA)方法和跃迁系列群 (UTA) 模型,采用全相对论处理并结合量子亏损理论,计算了金Au激光等离子体的M带5f-3d跃迁的透射谱, 给出了金等离子体在不同电子温度和电子密度的时空电离态特性,平均电离度,离子丰度和离子内各能级的布居数,并模拟出Au等离子体的M 带5f-3d跃迁的细致谱线,其计算结果可对激光等离子体透射谱的电子温度和电子密度进行精密诊断.     

Ionization and recombination rates of dense carbon plasmas

Collisional rate coefficients of excited, hydrogen-like carbon ions are calculated for the dense, non-degenerate plasma state starting from a generalized kinetic equation. Many-body effects like screening, lowering of ionization energies, and quasiparticle energies are taken into account. The resulting density dependence of the impact ionization, recombination, excitation, and deexcitation coefficients is discussed.     

Level shifts and inelastic electron scattering in dense plasmas

A completely quantum mechanical formalism has been developed to describe the high density plasma effects on fundamental atomic parameters. Both the bound and free electrons are treated by a method which in principle is similar to Hartree's self-consistent field method. The free plasma electrons' wavefunction is obtained from the Schrödinger equation with the effective pottential representing the spherically averaged Coulomb interaction with bound and free electrons. Results are given for level shifts, coefficients of transition probabilities, and electron collision cross sections of Ne⁺⁹ for temperatures of 200 and 500 eV for an electron density range of 1–6 × 10²⁴ cm^?3.     

Emission of excited copper atoms in laser-produced erosion plasmas

The distribution of emission from excited states of a copper atom in erosion plasmas formed in vacuum by the action of neodymium laser pulses with a power density of (3–5)×10⁸ W/cm² on a copper target is studied. Averaged spectra and oscillograms of emission of Cu I lines were recorded in a region of 210–600 nm. Resonant lines of Cu I, lines of cascade transitions to resonant levels of Cu I, and lines from shifted levels of a copper atom are shown to possess the highest intensity. Oscillograms of emission at Cu I transitions have two peaks, which may be associated with two phases of surface evaporation of copper: under the action of a Nd³⁺:YAG laser pulse and radiation of the core of an erosion plasma plume. The relationship between the intensities of peaks in oscillograms of emission of Cu I lines points to the presence of a considerable cascade contribution to the population of the resonant states of Cu I and self-absorption of resonant lines of a copper atom at the first stage of evaporation of a copper target.     

温稠密等离子体中Al12+离子的光电离过程

本文采用多组态Dirac-Hartree-Fock方法研究了温稠密等离子体环境中Al12+离子的光电离过程. 等离子体效应采用SM屏蔽势来模拟(Stanton和Murillo在2015年提出). 计算中固定标度温度1.3eV,在强耦合等离子体环境下,研究了等离子体密度对能级,连续态波函数以及光电离截面的影响. 通过与相同等离子体条件下的Debye-Hückel模型势计算的光电离截面对比,发现两种模型对应的结果中未同时出现势形共振峰,这是由于本文采用的屏蔽模型包含等离子体简并、有限温度对动能的梯度修正和量子交换关联效应,对光电离截面的大小和共振结构具有显著影响.     

Extreme ultraviolet interferometry of warm dense matter in laser plasmas

We demonstrate that interferometric probing with extreme ultraviolet (EUV) laser light enables determination of the degree of ionization of the "warm dense matter" produced between the critical and ablation surfaces of laser plasmas. Interferometry has been utilized to measure both transmission and phase information for an EUV laser beam at the photon energy of 58.5 eV, probing longitudinally through laser-irradiated plastic (parylene-N) targets (thickness 350 nm) irradiated by a 300 ps duration pulse of wavelength 438 nm and peak irradiance 10(12) W cm(-2). The transmission of the EUV probe beam provides a measure of the rate of target ablation, as ablated plasma becomes close to transparent when the photon energy is less than the ionization energy of the predominant ion species. We show that refractive indices η below the solid parylene N (η(solid) = 0.946) and expected plasma values are produced in the warm dense plasma created by laser irradiation due to bound-free absorption in C(+).