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Title: Stark broadening in laser-produced plasmas: full Coulomb calculation

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:5002418

This work is a study of the Stark broadening of spectral lines emitted by highly charged ions in a hot, dense plasma. The line broadening calculations of Tighe and Hooper, in which the dipole approximation was used for the interaction between the radiating ions and perturbing electrons, are extended by retaining the full Coulomb radiator-perturbing electron interaction. Electron broadening is treated to second order in the radiator-perturbing electron interaction; ion broadening is treated by a static ion microfield probability distribution. Perturbing electrons are treated quantum mechanically through Coulomb wavefunctions to account for the charged radiator.

Research Organization:
Florida Univ., Gainesville (USA)
OSTI ID:
5002418
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Thesis (Ph. D.)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English