title: Microscopic properties of xenon plasmas for density and temperature regimes of laboratory astrophysics experiments on radiative shocks.
abstract: This work is divided into two parts. In the first one, a study of radiative properties (such as monochromatic and the Rosseland and Planck mean opacities, monochromatic emissivities, and radiative power loss) and of the average ionization and charge state distribution of xenon plasmas in a range of plasma conditions of interest in laboratory astrophysics and extreme ultraviolet lithography is performed. We have made a particular emphasis in the analysis of the validity of the assumption of local thermodynamic equilibrium and the influence of the atomic description in the calculation of the radiative properties. Using the results obtained in this study, in the second part of the work we have analyzed a radiative shock that propagated in xenon generated in an experiment carried out at the Prague Asterix Laser System. In particular, we have addressed the effect of plasma self-absorption in the radiative precursor, the influence of the radiation emitted from the shocked shell and the plasma self-emission in the radiative precursor, the cooling time in the cooling layer, and the possibility of thermal instabilities in the postshock region.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35003 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain.|Instituto de Fusión Nuclear, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35003 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Espinosa
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35003 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain.|Instituto de Fusión Nuclear, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gil
authors.affiliation: LERMA, Observatoire de Paris, UPMC, CNRSS, Meudon, 75014 Paris, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stehlé
authors.affiliation: The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Suzuki-Vidal
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35003 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain.|Instituto de Fusión Nuclear, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Rubiano
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35003 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain.|Instituto de Fusión Nuclear, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Martel
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Fusión Nuclear, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mínguez