A time-dependent ionization balance model for non-LTE plasma

The authors developed a detailed configuration accounting kinetic model which is useful for calculating time-dependent ionization balance and ion level populations in non-LTE plasmas. The model is also self-consistently coupled to the hydrodynamic code LASNEX to design laboratory x-ray laser experiments. Level populations estimated using the model are used to compute spectral line intensities, line ratios, and synthetic spectra to fit experimental measurement