Physics of laser-driven tin plasma sources of EUV radiation for nanolithography

OO Versolato - Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Laser-produced transient tin plasmas are the sources of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light at
13.5 nm wavelength for next-generation nanolithography, enabling the continued …

A new generation of Los Alamos opacity tables

J Colgan, DP Kilcrease, NH Magee… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a new, publicly available set of Los Alamos OPLIB opacity tables for the
elements hydrogen through zinc. Our tables are computed using the Los Alamos ATOMIC …

Prominent radiative contributions from multiply-excited states in laser-produced tin plasma for nanolithography

F Torretti, J Sheil, R Schupp, MM Basko… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography is currently entering high-volume manufacturing to
enable the continued miniaturization of semiconductor devices. The required EUV light, at …

A review on ab initio studies of static, transport, and optical properties of polystyrene under extreme conditions for inertial confinement fusion applications

SX Hu, LA Collins, TR Boehly, YH Ding, PB Radha… - Physics of …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Polystyrene (CH), commonly known as “plastic,” has been one of the widely used ablator
materials for capsule designs in inertial confinement fusion (ICF). Knowing its precise …

A line-binned treatment of opacities for the spectra and light curves from neutron star mergers

CJ Fontes, CL Fryer, AL Hungerford… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The electromagnetic observations of GW170817 were able to dramatically increase our
understanding of neutron star mergers beyond what we learned from gravitational waves …

Actinide opacities for modelling the spectra and light curves of kilonovae

CJ Fontes, CL Fryer, RT Wollaeger… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We extend previous ab initio calculations of lanthanide opacities to include a complete set of
actinide opacities for use in the modelling of kilonova (KN) light curves and spectra …

The Los Alamos suite of relativistic atomic physics codes

CJ Fontes, HL Zhang, J Abdallah Jr… - Journal of Physics B …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Los Alamos suite of relativistic atomic physics codes is a robust, mature
platform that has been used to model highly charged ions in a variety of ways. The suite …

Carbon ionization at gigabar pressures: An ab initio perspective on astrophysical high-density plasmas

M Bethkenhagen, BBL Witte, M Schörner, G Röpke… - Physical Review …, 2020 - APS
A realistic description of partially ionized matter in extreme thermodynamic states is critical to
model the interior and evolution of the multiplicity of high-density astrophysical objects …

Exploring mass loss, low-Z accretion, and convective overshoot in solar models to mitigate the solar abundance problem

JA Guzik, K Mussack - The Astrophysical Journal, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Solar models using the new lower abundances of Asplund et al. or Caffau et al. do not agree
as well with helioseismic inferences as models that use the higher Grevesse & Noels or …

Relativistic opacities for astrophysical applications

CJ Fontes, CL Fryer, AL Hungerford, P Hakel… - High Energy Density …, 2015 - Elsevier
We report on the use of the Los Alamos suite of relativistic atomic physics codes to generate
radiative opacities for the modeling of astrophysically relevant plasmas under local …