Non-local Thermodynamic Equilibrium Conditions Research Articles

STATISTICAL MECHANICS OF AVERAGE IONS IN NON-LOCAL THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM PLASMAS

In the framework of the average-atom model, a statistical method has been developed to calculate the temporal evolution of two-electron correlations of highly charged ion plasmas in non-local thermodynamic equilibrium conditions. The new formalism is fast enough to be used in a hydrodynamic code for on-line calculations of configuration populations for the screened-hydrogenic theory. Preliminary numerical results are presented and discussed.