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Calculation of free--free radiation from plasmas with non-Maxwellian isotropic or anisotropic electron velocity distribution

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4935725
Calculations of the bremsstrahlung resulting from electron-- ion collisions in plasmas with non-Maxwellian electron velocity distributions are made with special regard to laser-produced plasmas. The quantum-mechanical theory was used with restriction to nonrelativistic electron energies and a pure Coulomb potential of the ions within the plasma. Results for the spectrum, the angular dependence, the intensity, and the polarization of the emitted bremsstrahlung for some examples of non-Maxwellian isotropic and anisotropic electron velocity distributions are presented. (auth)
Research Organization:
Max-Planck-Institut fuer Plasmaphysik, Garching/Muenchen (F.R. Germany)
Sponsoring Organization:
Sponsor not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-29-011628
OSTI ID:
4935725
Report Number(s):
IPP-IV--58
Country of Publication:
Germany
Language:
English