THE EFFECT OF ORBITAL RELAXATION IN MEDIUM AND HIGH-Z AVERAGE-ATOM CALCULATIONS

Authors
ROSE SJ
Citation
Sj. Rose, THE EFFECT OF ORBITAL RELAXATION IN MEDIUM AND HIGH-Z AVERAGE-ATOM CALCULATIONS, Journal of quantitative spectroscopy & radiative transfer, 53(1), 1995, pp. 39-44
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy
Journal title
Journal of quantitative spectroscopy & radiative transfer → ACNP
ISSN journal
00224073
Volume
53
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
39 - 44
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4073(1995)53:1<39:TEOORI>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The effect of orbital relaxation in average-atom calculations of the a tomic physics of plasmas is investigated using self-consistent-held mo dels for several elements. It is shown that for medium and high-Z mate rials the effect of orbital relaxation, whilst being very significant for low states of ionization, is less significant for higher states an d that the effect of orbital relaxation varies substantially along an isoelectronic sequence.