Modeling non-local thermodynamic equilibrium plasma using the Flexible Atomic Code data

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan

Salzmann, David¹  Wang, Feilu³  Zhao, Gang³  Han, Bo² 

[1] Weizmann Institute of Science, 234 Herzl Street, Rehovot 7610001, Israel;Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, ChinaUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China

关键词: "atomic data";    "atomic processes";    "methods: numerical";    plasmas;   

DOI  :  10.1093/pasj/psu162

学科分类：天文学(综合)

来源: Oxford University Press

【 摘 要 】

Wepresentanewcode,RCF(“Radiative–CollisionalcodebasedonFAC”),whichisusedtosimulatesteady-stateplasmasundernon-localthermodynamicequilibriumcondition,especiallyphotoinization-dominatedplasmas.RCFtakesalmostalloftheradiativeandcollisionalatomicprocessesintoarateequationtointerprettheplasmassystematically.TheFlexibleAtomicCode(FAC)suppliesalltheatomicdataneededforRCF,whichinsurescalculatingcompletenessandconsistencyofatomicdata.Withfourinputparametersrelatingtotheradiationsourceandtargetplasma,RCFcalculatesthepopulationoflevelsandchargestates,aswellaspotentialemissionspectrum.Inapreliminaryapplication,RCFsuccessfullyreproducedtheresultsofaphotoionizationexperimentwithreliableatomicdata.Theeffectsofthemostimportantatomicprocessesonthechargestatedistributionarealsodiscussed.

【 授权许可】

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