The reduced detailed configuration accounting (RDCA) model for NLTE plasma spectral calculations

The purpose of this work is to continue development of a model to provide a fast and accurate in-line NLTE capability for calculating plasma spectral properties in large-scale radiation-transport hydrodynamic simulations. A method has recently been developed to transform the large detailed atomic models into very small models that can be used for fast in-line calculations. The reduced model is more accurate than the average-atom models conventionally used in such simulations. In the present work, spectra calculated with the reduced model are compared to the original detailed model and the average-atom model. The spectra of iron and gold plasmas under various plasma conditions are compared.