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Title: Spectroscopic diagnostics of ionization balance and electron density in 20 picosecond laser-produced aluminum and magnesium plasmas

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OSTI ID:10130694

A quasi-steady state, collisional-radiative model is used to analyze spectra from aluminum and magnesium plasmas produced by irradiation with 20 picosecond pulses of 0.53{mu} laser light. The model infers the ionization balance and electron density of a plasma from the relative intensities of H-like and He-like x-ray transitions.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
10130694
Report Number(s):
UCRL-JC-104651; CONF-9009266-15; ON: DE92009114
Resource Relation:
Conference: 2. international colloquium on X-ray lasers,York (United Kingdom),17-21 Sep 1990; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1991
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English