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Special Issue on Spectral Line Shapes in Plasmas

by Evgeny Stambulchik, Annette Calisti, Hyun-Kyung Chung and Manuel Á. González

Atoms 2014, 2(3), 378-381; https://doi.org/10.3390/atoms2030378 - 07 Aug 2014

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Line-shape analysis is one of the most important tools for diagnostics of both laboratory and space plasmas. Its reliable implementation requires sufficiently accurate calculations, which imply the use of analytic methods and computer codes of varying complexity, and, necessarily, varying limits of applicability [...] Read more.

Line-shape analysis is one of the most important tools for diagnostics of both laboratory and space plasmas. Its reliable implementation requires sufficiently accurate calculations, which imply the use of analytic methods and computer codes of varying complexity, and, necessarily, varying limits of applicability and accuracy. However, studies comparing different computational and analytic methods are almost non-existent. The Spectral Line Shapes in Plasma (SLSP) code comparison workshop series [1] was established to fill this gap. Numerous computational cases considered in the two workshops organized to date (in April 2012 and August 2013 in Vienna, Austria) not only serve the purpose of code comparison, but also have applications in research of magnetic fusion, astrophysical, laser-produced plasmas, and so on. Therefore, although the first workshop was briefly reviewed elsewhere [2], and will likely be followed by a review of the second one, it was unanimously decided by the participants that a volume devoted to results of the workshops was desired. It is the main purpose of this special issue. Full article

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Ion Dynamics Effect on Stark-Broadened Line Shapes: A Cross-Comparison of Various Models

by Sandrine Ferri, Annette Calisti, Caroline Mossé, Joël Rosato, Bernard Talin, Spiros Alexiou, Marco A. Gigosos, Manuel A. González, Diego González-Herrero, Natividad Lara, Thomas Gomez, Carlos Iglesias, Sonja Lorenzen, Roberto C. Mancini and Evgeny Stambulchik

Atoms 2014, 2(3), 299-318; https://doi.org/10.3390/atoms2030299 - 04 Jul 2014

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Modeling the Stark broadening of spectral lines in plasmas is a complex problem. The problem has a long history, since it plays a crucial role in the interpretation of the observed spectral lines in laboratories and astrophysical plasmas. One difficulty is the characterization [...] Read more.

Modeling the Stark broadening of spectral lines in plasmas is a complex problem. The problem has a long history, since it plays a crucial role in the interpretation of the observed spectral lines in laboratories and astrophysical plasmas. One difficulty is the characterization of the emitter’s environment. Although several models have been proposed over the years, there have been no systematic studies of the results, until now. Here, calculations from stochastic models and numerical simulations are compared for the Atoms 2014, 2 300 Lyman-α and -β lines in neutral hydrogen. Also discussed are results from the Helium-α and -β lines of Ar XVII. Full article

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Line-Shape Code Comparison through Modeling and Fitting of Experimental Spectra of the C ii 723-nm Line Emitted by the Ablation Cloud of a Carbon Pellet

by Mohammed Koubiti, Motoshi Goto, Sandrine Ferri, Stephanie B. Hansen and Evgeny Stambulchik

Atoms 2014, 2(3), 319-333; https://doi.org/10.3390/atoms2030319 - 14 Jul 2014

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Various codes of line-shape modeling are compared to each other through the profile of the C ii 723-nm line for typical plasma conditions encountered in the ablation clouds of carbon pellets, injected in magnetic fusion devices. Calculations were performed for a single electron [...] Read more.

Various codes of line-shape modeling are compared to each other through the profile of the C ii 723-nm line for typical plasma conditions encountered in the ablation clouds of carbon pellets, injected in magnetic fusion devices. Calculations were performed for a single electron density of 10¹⁷ cm⁻³ and two plasma temperatures (T = 2 and 4 eV). Ion and electron temperatures were assumed to be equal (T_e = T_i = T). The magnetic field, B, was set equal to either to zero or 4 T. Comparisons between the line-shape modeling codes and two experimental spectra of the C ii 723-nm line, measured perpendicularly to the B-field in the Large Helical Device (LHD) using linear polarizers, are also discussed. Full article

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Spectral-Kinetic Coupling and Effect of Microfield Rotation on Stark Broadening in Plasmas

by Alexander V. Demura and Evgeny Stambulchik

Atoms 2014, 2(3), 334-356; https://doi.org/10.3390/atoms2030334 - 30 Jul 2014

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The study deals with two conceptual problems in the theory of Stark broadening by plasmas. One problem is the assumption of the density matrix diagonality in the calculation of spectral line profiles. This assumption is closely related to the definition of zero wave [...] Read more.

The study deals with two conceptual problems in the theory of Stark broadening by plasmas. One problem is the assumption of the density matrix diagonality in the calculation of spectral line profiles. This assumption is closely related to the definition of zero wave functions basis within which the density matrix is assumed to be diagonal, and obviously violated under the basis change. A consistent use of density matrix in the theoretical scheme inevitably leads to interdependence of atomic kinetics, describing the population of atomic states with the Stark profiles of spectral lines, i.e., to spectral-kinetic coupling. The other problem is connected with the study of the influence of microfield fluctuations on Stark profiles. Here the main results of the perturbative approach to ion dynamics, called the theory of thermal corrections (TTC), are presented, within which the main contribution to effects of ion dynamics is due to microfield fluctuations caused by rotations. In the present study the qualitative behavior of the Stark profiles in the line center within predictions of TTC is confirmed, using non-perturbative computer simulations. Full article

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On the Application of Stark Broadening Data Determined with a Semiclassical Perturbation Approach

by Milan S. Dimitrijević and Sylvie Sahal-Bréchot

Atoms 2014, 2(3), 357-377; https://doi.org/10.3390/atoms2030357 - 07 Aug 2014

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The significance of Stark broadening data for problems in astrophysics, physics, as well as for technological plasmas is discussed and applications of Stark broadening parameters calculated using a semiclassical perturbation method are analyzed. Full article

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