THE DERIVATION OF SCALING LAWS FOR THE LITHIUM-LIKE ALUMINUM RECOMBINATION LASER

Holden,P.B., Pert,G.J.: 1992, J.Phys.B:At.Mol.Opt.Phys., 25, 3085.

An investigation of gain in a recombining Li-like Al cylindrical plasma and the development of scaling laws on the 3d-4f and 3d-5f transitions is discussed. The work was carried out using a simple model which approximates the hydrodynamic motion to a similarity expansion, thus keeping the run time sufficiently small to enable a large number of configurations of the system to be examined. The laws are formulated both with and without the inclusion of the escape factor in view of the current uncertainty concerning the role of trapping in such systems. Updated versions of the H-like C scaling laws are presented.


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