Stark broadening in hot, dense, laser-produced plasmas: A two-component, two-temperature formulation

Abstract

Broadened Lyman-$\alpha$ and Lyman-$\beta$ x-ray profiles from hydrogenic, high-$Z$ radiators immersed in a hot, dense plasma are presented. Particular attention is given to broadened profiles originating in a plasma where there are two ionic species and in which ions and electrons have different temperatures. The applicability of these calculations to early laser-fusion experiments is discussed.