Modeling the ionization dynamics of xenon in intense laser-produced xenon cluster plasmas

Summary form only given. A highly amplified line emission has been observed at 2.86 A in plasmas that are created when an intense laser pulse > 1020 WcrrIcircldquo2 irradiates a gas of xenon clusters1. In this talk, in an effort directed towards explaining this observed behavior, we study the population dynamics in the O-, Ni-, and Co-like ionization stages of Xe where significant amounts of population can be stored in the plasma in the ground state of Ni-like xenon and where the An = 0 states of Co-like xenon have multiplet structure. The construction of L-shell multiplet models and lumped state M-shell models is described using the FAC code to generate the energy, A- coefficient, collision strength, and collisional- and photo- ionization cross-section data needed in the construction of a xenon ionization dynamic model. In particular, the dynamics by which Co-like hole states are generated and by which they decay is described.