Analytical opacity formulas for ICF elements

Abstract

Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium (LTE) opacity codes have been developed by the Instituto de Fusión Nuclear (DENIM) during the last years. JIMENA code (Laser and Particle Beams 6 (1998) 265; Laser and Particle Beams 10 (1992) 651) is an opacity code that solves self-consistently, for each temperature and density, the radial Dirac equation with a local spherically symmetrical potential. Very recently we have developed a new opacity code, called ANALOP, that uses an analytical potential (JQSRT 54 (1995) 621), which can include density and temperature effects for atomic data calculations. Opacities are determined with these two codes for selected elements at different plasma conditions. This work is focused on the determination of Rosseland and Planck mean analytical formulas for several single elements used in ICF targets. A scaling law of these mean opacities is given as a function of the plasma parameters: electron temperature and plasma density. These opacities have been tested with numerical results from other codes and with available experimental results.