XUV and Soft X-Ray Laser Radiation from Ni-Like Au

Wessameldin S. Abdelaziz, Hamed Mahmoud Hamed Ibrahim
DOI: 10.4236/opj.2011.13019                

Abstract

Atomic structure data and effective collision strengths from literature for 1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁶3d¹⁰ and 34 fine-structure levels contained in the configurations 1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁶3d⁹ 4l (l = s, p, d) for the nickel-like Au ion are used in the determination of the reduced population for these levels over a wide range of electron densities and at various electron plasma temperatures. The gain coefficient for those transitions with positive population inversion factor are determined and plotted against the electron density.

Keywords

Atomic Structure Data, Effective Collision Strengths, Reduced Population, Ni-Like Au

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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