ION MODEL OF A HOT DENSE-PLASMA

Results are presented for a theoretical model, known as the ion model (IM), recently elaborated to calculate the radiative opacity of a hot dense plasma. The model is based on the self-consistent field method f or subsystems obeying Gibbs statistics. The results are compared with calculations that use the Hartree-Fock-Slater model and with experimen tal data. A theory is proposed to explain the extraordinary spectral l ine-shift phenomenon associated with such plasmas.