TY - JOUR
T1 - Collisional-Radiative Calculations of Optically Thin and Thick Plasmas Using the Computational Package ABAKO/RAPCAL
AU - R. Rodriguez, R. Florido, J. M. Gil, J. G. Rubiano, D. Suarez, P. Martel, E. Minguez & R. C. Mancini
JO - Communications in Computational Physics
VL - 1
SP - 185
EP - 210
PY - 2010
DA - 2010/08
SN - 8
DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.040809.231109a
UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/cicp/7568.html
KW - 
AB - <p style="text-align: justify;">Non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (NLTE) conditions are universal in
laboratory and astrophysical plasmas and, for this reason, the theory of NLTE plasmas
is nowadays a very active subject. The populations of atomic levels and radiative
properties are essential magnitudes in the study of these plasmas and the calculation
of those properties relies on the so-called collisional-radiative (CR) models. However,
the complexity of these models has led to the development of numerous collisional-radiative
codes and this is a current research topic in plasmas. In this work is presented
a versatile computational package, named ABAKO/RAPCAL, to calculate the
populations of atomic levels and radiative properties of optically thin and thick, low-to-high
Z, NLTE plasmas. ABAKO/RAPCAL combines a set of analytical approximations
which yield substantial savings in computing running time, still comparing
well with more elaborated codes and experimental data. In order to show the capabilities
of the code and the accuracy of its results, calculations of several relevant plasma
magnitudes for various plasma situations are shown and compared.</p>