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Astrophysics in laboratory: Opacity measurements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 November 2002

C. CHENAIS-POPOVICS
Affiliation:
Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation des Lasers Intenses, UMR No 7605 CNRS, CEA, École Polytechnique, Université Paris VI, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau cedex, France

Abstract

Recent measurements of the absorption coefficients of L transitions in iron and nickel hot plasmas are reported following a brief review of the published experiments on opacities and absorption coefficients which have been performed until now in laser-heated cavities and Z-pinches. Emphasis is put on the impact of these measurements in astrophysics.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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