Study of atomic spectroscopy and electron collision process in non-ideal classical plasmas

Abstract

This manuscript presents an approach to the calculation of atomic properties and the electron collision excitation process in a non-ideal classical plasma, based on the relativistic distorted wave methodology. The method incorporating the pseudopotential obtained from a sequential solution of the Bogolyubov chain equations, that yields modification term to the calculation of the central field potential, is employed to characterize the interactions among the charged particles in plasmas. The bound/continuous state wave functions and the electron collision excitation matrix elements are determined using the aforementioned pseudopotential within a relativistic Dirac–Coulomb atomic structure framework. Systematic investigations on the effects of non-ideality of plasma on the electronic structures, radiative properties, and excitation cross sections within a selected temperature and density range are carried out in the specific cases of H atom and Ca18+ ion as they make it possible to reproduce the reference data well and thus to conclude with the reliability of the (present) method developed. Apart from its fundamental importance, this study is essential for several applications, especially for the analysis of atomic processes in non-ideal plasmas, and offers a new perspective for the calculation of atomic properties under different conditions in various astrophysical and laboratory plasmas.