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RAPCAL code: A flexible package to compute radiative properties for optically thin and thick low and high-Z plasmas in a wide range of density and temperature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2008

R. Rodríguez ,
R. Florido ,
J.M. Gil ,
J.G. Rubiano ,
P. Martel  and
E. Mínguez
R. Rodríguez*
Affiliation:
Physics Department, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain Nuclear Fusion Institute-Denim, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
R. Florido
Affiliation:
Physics Department, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain Nuclear Fusion Institute-Denim, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
J.M. Gil
Affiliation:
Physics Department, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain Nuclear Fusion Institute-Denim, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
J.G. Rubiano
Affiliation:
Physics Department, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain Nuclear Fusion Institute-Denim, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
P. Martel
Affiliation:
Physics Department, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain Nuclear Fusion Institute-Denim, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
E. Mínguez
Affiliation:
Nuclear Fusion Institute-Denim, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Rafael Rodríguez, Physics Department, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Campus Universitario de Tafira, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. E-mail: rrodriguez@dfis.ulpgc.es
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Abstract

Radiative properties are fundamental for plasma diagnostics and hydro-simulations. For this reason, there is a high interest in their determination and they are a current topic of investigation both in astrophysics and inertial fusion confinement research. In this work a flexible computation package for calculating radiative properties for low and high Z optically thin and thick plasmas, both under local thermodynamic equilibrium and non-local thermodynamic equilibrium conditions, named RAPCAL is presented. This code has been developed with the aim of providing accurate radiative properties for low and medium Z plasmas within the context of detailed level accounting approach and for heavy elements under the detailed configuration accounting approach. In order to show the capabilities of the code, there are presented calculations of some radiative properties for carbon, aluminum, krypton and xenon plasmas under local thermodynamic and non-local thermodynamic equilibrium conditions.

Keywords

LTE conditionNLTE conditionOptically thick plasmasOptically thin plasmaRadiative properties
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Research Article
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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , September 2008 , pp. 433 - 448
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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