Dense Plasma Opacity from Excited States Method

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Hauptverfasser: Starrett, C. E., Fontes, C. J., Tan, H. B. Tran, Kasper, J. M., White, J. R.
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Veröffentlicht: 2024
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author Starrett, C. E.
Fontes, C. J.
Tan, H. B. Tran
Kasper, J. M.
White, J. R.
author_facet Starrett, C. E.
Fontes, C. J.
Tan, H. B. Tran
Kasper, J. M.
White, J. R.
contents The self-consistent inclusion of plasma effects in opacity calculations is a significant modeling challenge. As density increases, such effects can no longer be treated perturbatively. Building on a recently published model that addresses this challenge, we calculate opacities of oxygen at solar interior conditions. The new model includes the effects of treating the free electrons consistently with the bound electrons, and the influence of free electron energy and entropy variations are explored. It is found that, relative to a state-of-the-art-model that does not include these effects, the bound free-opacity of the oxygen plasmas considered can increase by 10%.
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spellingShingle Dense Plasma Opacity from Excited States Method
Starrett, C. E.
Fontes, C. J.
Tan, H. B. Tran
Kasper, J. M.
White, J. R.
Plasma Physics
The self-consistent inclusion of plasma effects in opacity calculations is a significant modeling challenge. As density increases, such effects can no longer be treated perturbatively. Building on a recently published model that addresses this challenge, we calculate opacities of oxygen at solar interior conditions. The new model includes the effects of treating the free electrons consistently with the bound electrons, and the influence of free electron energy and entropy variations are explored. It is found that, relative to a state-of-the-art-model that does not include these effects, the bound free-opacity of the oxygen plasmas considered can increase by 10%.
title Dense Plasma Opacity from Excited States Method
topic Plasma Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.05125