Kα-Satellite spectroscopy as a tool of temperature diagnostics at KALIF

Interaction of the KALIF beam with thin targets produces dense plasmas in the temperature range of a few tens of eV. The Kα-satellite spectroscopy can be used to determine the temperature of such plasmas. These satellites are blue shifted. The shift is strongest for vacancies in L-shells. At temperatures typical of KALIF produced plasmas the average degree of ionisation is of the order of 4–5. Thus the diagnostic material should have only a few electrons in M-shells. In this paper we calculate spectra for Na, Mg, Al and Si with an aim to find the most suited material for temperature diagnostics under conditions typical of plasmas produced by the interaction of a KALIF beam.