@article{733532,
      recid = {733532},
      author = {Bauche, Jacques, and Bauche-Arnoult, Claire, and Peyrusse,  Olivier,},
      title = {Atomic properties in hot plasmas from levels to  superconfigurations / [electronic resource] :},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      abstract = {This book is devoted to the calculation of hot-plasma  properties which generally requires a huge number of atomic  data. It is the first book that combines information on the  details of the basic atomic physics and its application to  atomic spectroscopy with the use of the relevant  statistical approaches. Information like energy levels,  radiative rates, collisional and radiative cross-sections,  etc., must be included in equilibrium or non-equilibrium  models in order to describe both the atomic-population  kinetics and the radiative properties. From the very large  number of levels and transitions involved in complex ions,  some statistical (global) properties emerge. The book  presents a coherent set of concepts and compact formulas  suitable for tractable and accurate calculations. The  topics addressed are: radiative emission and absorption,  and a dozen of other collisional and radiative processes;  transition arrays between level ensembles (configurations,  superconfigurations); effective temperatures of  configurations, superconfigurations, and ions; charge-state  distributions; radiative power losses and opacity. There  are many numerical examples and comparisons with experiment  presented throughout the book. The plasma properties  described in this book are especially relevant to large  nuclear fusion facilities such as the NIF (California) and  the ITER (France), and to astrophysics. Methods relevant to  the central-field configurational model are described in  detail in the appendices: tensor-operator techniques,  second-quantization formalism, statistical distribution  moments, and the algebra of partition functions. Some extra  tools are propensity laws, correlations, and fractals.  These methods are applied to the analytical derivation of  many properties, specially the global ones, through which  the complexity is much reduced. The book is intended for  graduate-level students, and for physicists working in the  field.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/733532},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18147-9},
}