{"title":"Krypton Heβ line spectrum including n = 2, 3 Li-like satellites with detailed Stark broadened line shapes","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101081","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101081","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>We discuss the krypton He</span><span><math><mi>β</mi></math></span><span><span> line spectrum<span><span> including Li-like satellites with a spectator electron in n = 2 and n = 3 and detailed line shapes computed using standard Stark broadening theory for hot dense plasma<span> conditions relevant to X-ray tracer spectroscopy of inertial confinement fusion implosion cores. The results show that the interference term in the electron broadening does not produce a significant effect for these satellite transitions. However, the effect of the electric field mixing of the energy levels driven by the ion’s microfield distribution does produce a significant change in the line shape. Level populations calculated with a collisional radiative atomic kinetics model were employed to obtain the photon energy resolved emissivity and opacity using the Stark line shapes, and the emergent intensity distribution was calculated by integrating the radiation transport equation along chords assuming a uniform spherical plasma source. The </span></span>line spectrum has </span></span>electron temperature (</span><span><math><msub><mrow><mi>T</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>e</mi></mrow></msub></math></span>) and density (<span><math><msub><mrow><mi>n</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>e</mi></mrow></msub></math></span><span>) sensitivity due to the temperature and density dependence of level populations and the density dependence of the Stark line shapes. Hence, this spectrum is suitable for a simultaneous temperature and density plasma diagnostic of implosion cores.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":49267,"journal":{"name":"High Energy Density Physics","volume":"52 ","pages":"Article 101081"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139658515","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Classical Molecular dynamic codes for hot dense plasmas: The BinGo code suite","authors":"A. Calisti, S. Ferri, C. Mossé, B. Talin","doi":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101084","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49267,"journal":{"name":"High Energy Density Physics","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139877450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniel Aberg, Paul Grabowski, Michael Kruse, Brian G. Wilson
{"title":"A note on efficiently generating ionic configurations for opacity calculations","authors":"Daniel Aberg, Paul Grabowski, Michael Kruse, Brian G. Wilson","doi":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101079","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101079","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>When calculating the spectral opacity of hot dense plasmas one often encounters the need to generate a list of detailed ionic configurations of bound states for each ion stage in the plasma. We present here a non-recursive algorithm for the efficient construction of such a list of states.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49267,"journal":{"name":"High Energy Density Physics","volume":"50 ","pages":"Article 101079"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139579984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B.A. Hammel, B.D. Hammel, H.A. Scott, J. Luc Peterson
{"title":"Machine learning assisted bayesian inference of mix and hot-spot conditions in NIF implosions","authors":"B.A. Hammel, B.D. Hammel, H.A. Scott, J. Luc Peterson","doi":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101077","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101077","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Experiments on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) have provided clear evidence of ablator material mixing into the Hot-Spot, leading to degraded performance. However, inferring the amount of mix and Hot-Spot conditions from typical experimental observations (e.g. x-ray spectra and images) is highly challenging. We have developed an analysis method that utilizes machine learning assisted Bayesian inference to find the probability distributions of the Hot-Spot and mix conditions. This approach uses a neural network, trained on an idealized 2-dimensional representation of the Hot-Spot and mix distribution, and Bayesian inference to find the statistical distributions of Hot-Spot conditions that provide a match with observations. We have tested this method with synthetic data from simulations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49267,"journal":{"name":"High Energy Density Physics","volume":"50 ","pages":"Article 101077"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139517472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparison of second-order spectral line widths formulae","authors":"Carlos A. Iglesias , Thomas A. Gomez","doi":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101080","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101080","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Frequently used second-order spectral line width formulae from the projector operator and </span>kinetic theory methods have not been formally compared previously. It is shown that a systematic second-order expansion of the projection operator expression including initial correlations agrees with the second-order kinetic theory result. The agreement assumes a common approximation in the projector operator method that introduces a screened radiator–perturber interaction to account for neglected electron–electron correlations. On the other hand, it is shown that the usual width expression from the projection operator approach neglecting initial correlations differs from kinetic theory. The differences, however, are at least third order in the radiator–perturber interaction. The comparisons suggest using the more compact width expression from kinetic theory, which includes initial correlations and a systematic screening of the radiator–perturber interactions, as the starting point for second-order width calculations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49267,"journal":{"name":"High Energy Density Physics","volume":"50 ","pages":"Article 101080"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139500270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D.T. Bishel , P.M. Nilson , D.A. Chin , J.J. Ruby , E. Smith , S.X. Hu , R. Epstein , I.E. Golovkin , J.R. Rygg , G.W. Collins
{"title":"Toward constraint of ionization-potential depression models in a convergent geometry","authors":"D.T. Bishel , P.M. Nilson , D.A. Chin , J.J. Ruby , E. Smith , S.X. Hu , R. Epstein , I.E. Golovkin , J.R. Rygg , G.W. Collins","doi":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101076","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101076","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We demonstrate the value of inner-shell X-ray absorption spectroscopy for dense-plasma atomic physics and explore the coupling between constraint of the thermodynamic state and constraint of ionization-potential depression models. Synthetic K-shell absorption spectra are generated along a radius from a point-like core and analyzed using different ionization-potential depression models. Within this synthetic analysis framework, we identify plasma conditions (<span><math><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>T</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>e</mi></mrow></msub><mo>=</mo><mn>400</mn></mrow></math></span> eV, <span><math><mrow><mi>ρ</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>40</mn></mrow></math></span> g/cm<span><math><msup><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>3</mn></mrow></msup></math></span>) accessible by spherical implosions where K-shell absorption spectra discriminate between models if the material temperature is measured to a precision of 20%. The analysis is extensible to a finite-sized core and can be used to guide future studies of ionization-potential depression, informing material and radiative properties of matter in fusion plasmas and stellar interiors.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49267,"journal":{"name":"High Energy Density Physics","volume":"50 ","pages":"Article 101076"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1574181824000016/pdfft?md5=3638bbcfcaddbd90bd36b1e25905472a&pid=1-s2.0-S1574181824000016-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139102391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The STAG code: A fully relativistic super transition array calculation using Green’s functions","authors":"N.M. Gill, C.J. Fontes, C.E. Starrett","doi":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101078","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101078","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Calculating opacities for a wide range of plasma conditions (i.e. temperature, density, element) requires detailed knowledge of the plasma configuration space and electronic structure. For plasmas composed of heavier elements, relativistic effects are important in both the electronic structure and the details of opacity spectra. We extend our previously described superconfiguration and super transition array capabilities (Gill et al., 2023) to include a fully relativistic formalism. The use of hybrid bound-continuum supershells in our superconfigurations demonstrates the importance of a consistent treatment of bound and continuum electrons in </span>dense plasma<span> opacities, and we expand the discussion of these consequences to include issues associated with equation of state and electron correlations between bound and continuum electrons.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":49267,"journal":{"name":"High Energy Density Physics","volume":"50 ","pages":"Article 101078"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139102227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Jeet , A.B. Zylstra , M. Gatu Johnson , N.V. Kabadi , P. Adrian , C. Forrest , V. Glebov
{"title":"Observations of multi-ion physics and kinetic effects in a surrogate to the solar CNO reactions","authors":"J. Jeet , A.B. Zylstra , M. Gatu Johnson , N.V. Kabadi , P. Adrian , C. Forrest , V. Glebov","doi":"10.1016/j.hedp.2023.101066","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hedp.2023.101066","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>The ‘CNO process’ occurs in heavier stars with finite metallicity<span> in which hydrogen burning is catalyzed in the presence of </span></span><sup>12</sup><span><span><span>C. These reactions are more strongly dependent on temperature than the pp cycle reactions, and thus the CNO cycle dominates only in massive stars. For these types of reactions to be studied at </span>ICF<span> facilities such as OMEGA, an implosion platform using heavier nuclei in the fuel and capable of creating </span></span>ion temperatures on the order of at least 20 keV is required. A potential route to reach these conditions is to take advantage of kinetic effects in low-convergence shock-driven ‘exploding pusher’ implosions. In this experiment, shots were conducted at the OMEGA laser facility using the surrogate reaction </span><sup>13</sup>C + D. Its cross section is substantially higher than the actual astrophysical CNO reactions. The yield of this reaction in these implosions was much lower than expected. Physical explanations are discussed, with significant species stratification the likely explanation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49267,"journal":{"name":"High Energy Density Physics","volume":"49 ","pages":"Article 101066"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135656063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quantitative proton radiography and shadowgraphy for arbitrary intensities","authors":"J.R. Davies , P.V. Heuer , A.F.A. Bott","doi":"10.1016/j.hedp.2023.101067","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hedp.2023.101067","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Charged-particle radiography and shadowgraphy data can be directly inverted to obtain a line-integrated transverse Lorentz force<span><span><span><span> or a line-integrated transverse refractive index gradient if </span>intensity modulations due to scattering and absorption are negligible, and angular deflections are small. We develop a new direct-inversion algorithm based on </span>plasma physics and compare it to a new Monge–Ampère code and an existing power diagram code (Kasim et al., 2017). The measured or source intensity is represented by electrons subject to drag, and the other intensity by fixed ions. The decrease in kinetic plus </span>electrostatic energy determines convergence. The displacement of the electrons from their initial to their equilibrium positions determines the line-integrated force or refractive index gradient. We have implemented two approaches: PIC (particle in cell) and Lagrangian fluid, in 1-D and 2-D. The PIC code works for arbitrary intensities, can work efficiently in parallel, and can make use of existing codes. The Lagrangian code requires less memory and is faster than the PIC code without massively parallel processing, but fails in 2-D for large intensity modulations. The Monge–Ampère code is by far the fastest in 2-D, without massively parallel processing, but fails for intensities with large voids, high contrast ratios and large deflections across the boundaries, and could not obtain the degree of convergence possible with the PIC code. The power diagram code was by far the slowest and most memory intensive, and failed for large peaks in the measured intensity.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":49267,"journal":{"name":"High Energy Density Physics","volume":"49 ","pages":"Article 101067"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135760588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optical depth measurement of self-reversed line emitted from in-homogenous plasma in laser induced breakdown spectroscopy","authors":"Jalloul Trabelsi, Mounir Esboui, Neïla Terzi","doi":"10.1016/j.hedp.2023.101069","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hedp.2023.101069","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this work, an original method is proposed and used for measurement of the optical depth of a self-reversed spectral line. A theoretical approach is utilized in an inhomogenous laser induced plasma at local thermodynamic to simulate self-reversed line and then to get the main line profile without self-absorption. The spatial and temporal evolution of optical depth of two spectral lines of Ca II at 393.4 nm and 396.9 nm is studied. Furthermore, the variation of optical depth versus the concentration of species emitter inside of plasma plume is investigated. In addition, the validity of this method is affirmed during comparison with results obtained by other techniques.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49267,"journal":{"name":"High Energy Density Physics","volume":"49 ","pages":"Article 101069"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135614584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}