Spectral diagnostics of transient X-ray plasmas

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A computational approach to time-dependent spectral evolution of transient plasmas is developed. X-ray lines arising from the four principal transitions 1s2p, 1s2s (^1P^0_1, ^3P^0_2,1, ^3S_1) arrow 1s^2 (^1S_0) (w, x, y and z respectively) in Helium-like ions, as well as the dielectronic Li-like satellite lines, are modeled for applications to high temperature astrophysical and laboratory plasmas. The time-dependent ionization/recombination and collisional/radiative spectra are computed with a new code, HELINE, in collisional, photo-ionized, and 'hybrid' regimes. The models demonstrate: (i) ionization fractions of iron that differ greatly from equilibrium conditions, (ii) `spectral inversion' of the z and w lines under recombination or ionization dominated conditions, and (iii) variation of the He-like iron Kα complex at 6.6-6.7 keV. This work is applicable to the analysis of transient sources such as X-ray flares in accretion discs around black holes, magnetic Z-pinch devices, and inertial confinement fusion plasmas. Theoretical spectra from HELINE will be compared to results produced by the Los Alamos Suite of Atomic Physics codes.

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