Accretion disk dynamics, photoionized plasmas, and stellar opacities

Journal Article · Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3101819· OSTI ID:21276965

Mancini, R C ^[1]; Bailey, J E ^[2]; Hawley, J F ^[3]; Kallman, T; Witthoeft, M ^[4]; Rose, S J ^[5]; Takabe, H ^[6]

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1. Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557 (United States)
2. Pulse Power Science Center, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
3. Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904 (United States)
4. Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 662, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 (United States)
5. Department of Physics, Imperial College, London SW7 2BZ (United Kingdom)
6. Institute of Laser Engineering, University of Osaka, Osaka 565-0871 (Japan)

We present a brief review on the atomic kinetics, modeling and interpretation of astrophysical observations, and laboratory astrophysics experiments. The emphasis is on benchmarking of opacity calculations relevant for solar structure models, photoionized plasmas research, the magnetohydrodynamic numerical simulation of accretion disk dynamics, and a connection between radiation transport effects and plasma source geometry details. Specific cases of application are discussed with relevance to recent and proposed laboratory astrophysics experiments as well as Chandra and X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission Newton observations.

• OSTI ID: 21276965
• Journal Information: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 16, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3101819; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ACCRETION DISKS
MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
PHOTOIONIZATION
PLASMA
PLASMA SIMULATION
RADIANT HEAT TRANSFER
RADIATION TRANSPORT
STELLAR ATMOSPHERES