We have recently completed developing a new super transition array (STA) code for calculating absorption and emission spectra of LTE plasmas. The code follows the theory of Bar-Shalom et al. with various improvements....
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We have recently completed developing a new super transition array (STA) code for calculating absorption and emission spectra of LTE plasmas. The code follows the theory of Bar-Shalom et al. with various improvements. In this work we focus on the first order correction for the Boltzmann populations for which traditional calculations can be very costly. We present here a method faster by an order of magnitude than the traditional method. We then investigate the effect of this correction on the opacity spectra of several elements. Finally we interpret results of a recent opacity experiment on gold plasma. A good agreement is reached. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Generalized analytical expressions for the two-electron relativistic Unresolved-transition-array (UTA) energy variance and shift for electric and magnetic transitions of general multipole order are presented. The revi...
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Generalized analytical expressions for the two-electron relativistic Unresolved-transition-array (UTA) energy variance and shift for electric and magnetic transitions of general multipole order are presented. The revised expressions are shown to agree with the exact moments calculated directly from the energy levels of two-electron configurations. We show that for electric transitions of even multipole order and for magnetic transitions, the available expressions in the literature, which are implemented in widely used atomic codes, are incorrect. We suggest an alternative method for the calculation of the UTA energy variance and shift by using the analytical expressions for the two-electron energy levels and line-strengths. The method is much more efficient and simple than the use of the traditional lengthy analytic expressions. Finally, the effect of UTA widths on super-transition-array (STA) spectral opacity is shown for several examples. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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