Radiation from autoionising levels correlated with single excited states of highly charged ions in dense cold plasmas

The interaction of heavy ion beams and laser light with matter is of central importance for the inertial fusion and X-ray laser research. Recently developed techniques in X-ray spectroscopy have provided extremely unusual emission spectra near the target even in traditional experiments. It will be shown that reasonable interpretation and diagnostic can be achieved only incorporating new concepts in the dielectronic satellite line formation. Theoretical models are developed which provide good agreement with experimental results. Charge exchange processes are proposed for the formation of hollow atoms. (orig.)