Speaker
Description
The discrepancies between theoretically calculated and experimentally measured Iron opacities at the Sandia National Laboratory Z-pinch machine are hitherto still unexplained even after nearly a decade of effort. Theoretical opacities have neglected higher-order processes such as two-photon processes, i.e., two-photon ionization or Raleigh and Raman scattering and thus could be a potential additional source of opacity that may lessen the disagreement with experimental measurements. We will present a summary of our two-photon ionization calculations in which we conclude that two-photon absorption cannot explain the bound-free discrepancy between experiment and theory, and then move on to show previously unreported calculations for the elastic (Raleigh) and inelastic (Raman) scattering contributions for the measured 2-4 Ne-like Iron lines.
This work was performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under contract DE-AC52-07NA27344. LLNL-ABS-XXXXX
| Presenting Author | Michael Kruse |
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| Presenting Author Email Address | kruse9@llnl.gov |
| Presenting Author Affiliation | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| Country | United States of America |
| Presenting Author Gender | Prefer not to state |
