Dynamic Stark broadening as the Dicke narrowing effect

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2010 Jan;81(1 Pt 2):016406. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.81.016406. Epub 2010 Jan 26.

Abstract

A very fast method to account for charged particle dynamics effects in calculations of spectral line shape emitted by plasmas is presented. This method is based on a formulation of the frequency fluctuation model (FFM), which provides an expression of the dynamic line shape as a functional of the static distribution of frequencies. Thus, the main numerical work rests on the calculation of the quasistatic Stark profile. This method for taking into account ion dynamics allows a very fast and accurate calculation of Stark broadening of atomic hydrogen high- n series emission lines. It is not limited to hydrogen spectra. Results on helium- beta and Lyman- alpha lines emitted by argon in microballoon implosion experiment conditions compared with experimental data and simulation results are also presented. The present approach reduces the computer time by more than 2 orders of magnitude as compared with the original FFM with an improvement of the calculation precision, and it opens broad possibilities for its application in spectral line-shape codes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't