The effects of ionization potential depression on the spectra emitted by hot dense aluminium plasmas

High Energy Density Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 258-263

  Preston, Thomas R ^a   Vinko, Sam M ^a   Ciricosta, Orlando ^a   Chung, Hyun Kyung ^b   Lee, Richard W ^c   Wark, Justin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionization potential depression; Non LTE kinetics; Opacity; Plasma spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874560175     PISSN: 15741818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hedp.2012.12.014     Document Type: Article

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