Optical diagnostics of laser-produced plasmas

SS Harilal, MC Phillips, DH Froula, KK Anoop… - Reviews of Modern …, 2022 - APS
Laser-produced plasmas (LPPs) engulf exotic and complex conditions ranging in
temperature, density, pressure, magnetic and electric fields, charge states, charged particle …

The 2017 release of Cloudy

GJ Ferland, M Chatzikos, F Guzmán… - Revista mexicana de …, 2017 - scielo.org.mx
We describe the 2017 release of the spectral synthesis code CLOUDY, summarizing the
many improvements to the scope and accuracy of the physics which have been made since …

Application of Boltzmann kinetic equations to model X-ray-created warm dense matter and plasma

B Ziaja, JJ Bekx, M Masek… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In this review, we describe the application of Boltzmann kinetic equations for modelling
warm dense matter and plasma formed after irradiation of solid materials with intense …

Physics of ultimate detachment of a tokamak divertor plasma

SI Krasheninnikov, AS Kukushkin - Journal of Plasma Physics, 2017 - cambridge.org
The basic physics of the processes playing the most important role in divertor plasma
detachment is reviewed. The models used in the two-dimensional edge plasma transport …

Quantum simulation of exact electron dynamics can be more efficient than classical mean-field methods

R Babbush, WJ Huggins, DW Berry, SF Ung… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Quantum algorithms for simulating electronic ground states are slower than popular
classical mean-field algorithms such as Hartree–Fock and density functional theory but offer …

Prominent radiative contributions from multiply-excited states in laser-produced tin plasma for nanolithography

F Torretti, J Sheil, R Schupp, MM Basko… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography is currently entering high-volume manufacturing to
enable the continued miniaturization of semiconductor devices. The required EUV light, at …

Development of NIST atomic databases and online tools

Y Ralchenko, A Kramida - Atoms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Over the last 25 years, the atomic standard reference databases and online tools developed
at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have provided users around …

Complete collision data set for electrons scattering on molecular hydrogen and its isotopologues: I. Fully vibrationally-resolved electronic excitation of H2 (X1Σg+)

LH Scarlett, DV Fursa, MC Zammit, I Bray… - Atomic Data and …, 2021 - Elsevier
We present a comprehensive set of vibrationally-resolved cross sections for electron-impact
electronic excitation of molecular hydrogen suitable for implementation in collisional …

Self-consistent and detailed opacities from a non-equilibrium average-atom model

SB Hansen - … Transactions of the Royal Society A, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Modern density functional theory (DFT) is a powerful tool for accurately predicting self-
consistent material properties such as equations of state, transport coefficients and opacities …

Understanding the deficiency in inertial confinement fusion hohlraum x-ray flux predictions using experiments at the National Ignition Facility

H Chen, DT Woods, WA Farmer, NA Aybar, DA Liedahl… - Physical Review E, 2024 - APS
The predicted implosion performance of deuterium-tritium fuel capsules in indirect-drive
inertial confinement fusion experiments relies on precise calculations of the x-ray drive in …