Highly efficient sparse-matrix inversion techniques and average procedures applied to collisional-radiative codes

High Energy Density Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 328-336

  Poirier, M ^a   de Gaufridy de Dortan, F ^b  

^a CNRS UMR 3299   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES MOLÉCULAIRES D ORSAY   (France)

Author keywords

Collisional radiative codes; Configuration average; Krypton plasma; NLTE plasmas; Sparse matrix inversion; Tungsten plasma

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350749227     PISSN: 15741818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hedp.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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