Case

Evolution

Steady-state grid input

Description
Runfile
Additional Info or Input Files
1
case1

Steady-state

grid input

  • aluminum ions
  • a grid of given electron densities (ne) and electron temperature (te)
z 13
initial ss
evolve ss
history grid ne
ne 1e20 1e24 10
te 50 300 50
end 		Case showing grid input using electron density
2
case2

Steady-state

grid input

  • aluminum ions
  • a grid of given ion densities (nt) and electron temperature (te)
z 13
initial ss
evolve ss
history grid nt
nt 6e18 6e22 10
te 50 300 50
end 		Case showing grid input using from Case 1 differences using ion density
3
case3

Steady-state

grid input
  • aluminum ions
  • a grid of given mass densities (rho) and electron temperature (te)
z 13
initial ss
evolve ss
history grid rho
rho 0.027 2.7 10
te 50 300 50
end 		Case showing grid input using from Case 1 differences using mass density
4
case4

Steady-state

grid input
  • copper ions
  • a grid of given ne and te
  • 2nd Maxwellian hot electrons of 100 keV and 1 % of the total electron density
z 29
initial ss
evolve ss
fhot fixed 0.01 1.e5
history grid ne
ne 1e20 1e24 10
te 100 1000 100
end 		Case showing the grid data and effects of a hot electron component
5
case5

Steady-state

grid input
  • copper ions
  • a grid of given ne and te
  • blackbody radiation of 100 eV and 1 % dilution factor
z 29
initial ss
evolve ss
tr 100. dilution 0.01
history grid ne
ne 1e20 1e22 10
te 100 1000 100
end 		Case showing the grid data and effects of a dilute balckbody radiation field
6
case6

Steady-state

grid input
  • copper ions
  • a grid of given nt and te
  • optically thick plasmas of 1 microns
z 29
initial ss
evolve ss
opacity size 0.0001
history grid nt
nt 6e18 6e22 10
te 100 1000 100
end 		Case showing the grid data and effects of optical depth
7
case7

Steady-state

grid input
  • krypton ions
  • a grid of given rho and te
  • mixture option: krypton embedded in D2, He (Z=2) -- please refer to the help Help file for specification
z 36
initial ss
evolve ss
mixture 2.8 0.99961 5.
history grid rho
rho 0.2 2. 10.
te 2000 5000 1000
end

ICF imploded core conditions

Case shows use of the mixture option

8
case8

Steady-state

grid input
  • gold ions
  • a grid of given ne and te
  • monoenergetic electron beam
  • Please note that each case, though stead-state, has the corresonding time used with fe(E) (EEDF: electron energy distribution function) inputs Help file
 z 79
initial ss
evolve ss
fe file fedata.d
history grid ne
ne 1e5 1e12 1e7
te 10. 20. 10.
end

EBIT plasma case

fedata.d (use only the numbers written)
(# of time steps # of energy grid pts) 2 3
(energy pts) 4.49E+03 4.5E+03 4.51E+03
(time 1, # of beam e-) 0.0E+00 1.0E+11
(3 time 1 fe pts) 1.0E-20 1.49071E-03 1.0E-20
(time 2, # of beam e-) 1.0E-09 1.0E+11
(3 time 2 fe pts) 1.0E-20 1.49071E-03 1.0E-20

9
case9

Steady-state

grid input
  • manganese ions
  • given ne and te
  • user-defined radiation field
  • Please note that each case has the corresonding time used with radiation field input

z 12
initial ss
evolve ss
tr trfilexfel.d
history grid ne
ne 1e21 1e21 1.1
te 50. 100. 50.
end

XFEL-driven plasma case

xfel.d (use only numbers written)
(# of times # of photon grid pts.) 2 2
(photon energy pts) 3.09695E+03 3.10305E+00
(time 1, radiation temperature)0.0E+00 0.0E+00
(radiation field at time 1) 9.3018e2 9.3018e2
(time 2, radiation temperature)1.0E-12 0.0E+00
(radiation field at time 1) 9.3018e15 9.3018e15

Case

Evolution

steady-state history input

Description
Runfile
Additional Info or Input Files
10
case10

Steady-state

history input
  • aluminum ions
  • given ne and te that can not be on a grid
 z 13
initial ss
evolve ss
history alne ne
end

alne
time ne te
0.e-12 1.e20 50
1.e-12 1.e20 100
2.e-12 1.e20 500
3.e-12 1.e21 50
4.e-12 1.e21 100
5.e-12 1.e21 500
11
case11

Steady-state

history input
  • aluminum ions
  • given nt and te that can not be on a grid
 z 13
initial ss
evolve ss
history alnt nt
end

alnt
time nt te
0.e-12 6.e18 50
1.e-12 6.e18 100
2.e-12 6.e18 500
3.e-12 6.e20 50
4.e-12 6.e20 100
5.e-12 6.e20 500
12
case12

Steady-state

history input

  • aluminum ions
  • both ne and nt given
 z 13
initial ss
evolve ss
history alnent ne nt
end

alnent
time ne nt te
0.e-12 1.e20 6.e18 50
1.e-12 1.e20 6.e18 100
2.e-12 1.e20 6.e18 500
3.e-12 1.e22 6.e20 50
4.e-12 1.e22 6.e20 100
5.e-12 1.e22 6.e20 500

13
case13

Steady-state

history input

  • aluminum ions
  • both ne and rho given
 z 13
initial ss
evolve ss
history alnerho ne rho
end

alnerho
time ne rho te
0.e-12 1.e20 0.027 50
1.e-12 1.e20 0.027 100
2.e-12 1.e20 0.027 500
3.e-12 1.e22 0.270 50
4.e-12 1.e22 0.270 100
5.e-12 1.e22 0.270 500
14
case14

Steady-state

history input
  • copper ions
  • given ne and te
  • opacity effect from the history file
  • hot e- distribution of 1% and 1 MeV
 z 29
initial ss
evolve ss
opacity file
fhot file
history cuhotop ne
end

cuhotop
time ne te size fhot thot
0.e-12 1.e23 50 1.e-4 0.01 1.e6
1.e-12 1.e23 100 1.e-4 0.01 1.e6
2.e-12 1.e23 500 1.e-4 0.01 1.e6
3.e-12 1.e23 1e3 1.e-4 0.01 1.e6
15
case15

Steady-state

history input
  • copper ions
  • given ne and te
  • opacity effect fixed by size input
  • hot e- distribution of 1% and 1 MeV
z 29
initial ss
evolve ss
opacity size 1.e-4
fhot fixed 0.01 1.e6
history cune ne
end 		cune
time ne te
0.e-12 1.e23 50
1.e-12 1.e23 100
2.e-12 1.e23 500
3.e-12 1.e23 1e3
16
case16

Steady-state

history input
  • copper ions
  • given ne and te
  • blackbody radiation at 100 eV and dilution factors
z 29
initial ss
evolve ss
tr file
history cutr ne
end 		cutr
time ne te tr dilution
0.e-12 1.e22 100 100 1.0
1.e-12 1.e22 100 100 0.1
2.e-12 1.e22 100 100 0.01
3.e-12 1.e22 100 100 0.001
17
case17

Steady-state

history input
  • manganese ions
  • given ne and te
  • user-defined radiation field
  • see Case 9 for xfel.d
z 12
initial ss
evolve ss
tr trfilexfel.d
history mgne ne
end 		mgne
time ne te
0.e-12 1.e21 50
1.e-12 1.e21 100

Case

Evolution

time-dependent history input

Description
Runfile

Additional Info or Input Files

hydrodynamic history file provided

18
case18

time-dependent

history input

  • aluminum ions
  • initially LTE state
  • time-dependent rho and te
  • opacity effect
  • time steps in history file are used as output time steps

z 13
initial lte
evolve td
opacity file
history alhydro rho
end

Shows initial populations calculated using LTE

history file: alhydro

time te rho size
0.00E+00 0.02 2.70 7.12e-06
1.04E-14 20.08 2.70 7.121e-06
2.15E-14 41.01 2.70 7.125e-06
3.05E-14 56.26 2.70 7.134e-06
4.25E-14 75.74 2.69 7.161e-06
5.38E-14 91.18 2.69 7.207e-06
19
case19

time-dependent

history input
  • As case 18
  • Find initial populations using steady-state calculations
z 13
initial ss
evolve td
opacity file
history alhydro rho
end

Shows initial condition using steady-state

Use history file of Case 18: alhydro
20
case20

time-dependent

history input
  • As case 18
  • initial populations specified in a file
  • For information on the name of levels in the model, please refer to help file Help file
 z 13
initial file algs
evolve td
opacity file
history alhydro rho
end

Shows initial condition using population file

Use history file of Case 18: alhydro

Population file: algs (use only the numbers)
(name of level, fraction)
13g03 1.d0
21
case21

time-dependent

history input

  • As case 18
  • even time step from 0 to 500 fs
  • # of outputs is 6 in this case and the maximum # is 500

z 13
initial lte
evolve td
opacity file
history alhydro rho
time 0 5.e-14 6
end

Shows the modification of the time-steps

Use history file of Case 18: alhydro

22
case22

time-dependent

history input

  • As case 18
  • logarithmic time step from 1 atto-seconds to 500 fs
  • # of output is 10 in this case and the maximum # is 500

z 13
initial lte
evolve td
opacity file
history alhydro rho
time log 1.e-18 5.e-14 10
end

Shows the modification of the time-steps

There are other options such as pump, which allows logarithmic time steps first and linear time steps later, or hybrid , which allows linear steps first and log steps later.
23
case23

time-dependent

history input

  • Recombining plasmas
  • carbon ions
  • initially bare nuclei
  • given nt and te
 z 6
initial file cbare
evolve td
history crecom nt
time 0. 0.2 41
end

Shows initial populations set with a file and a plasma that is cooling as it recombines

crecom
time te nt
0.0E-00 300. 1.0E+13
5.0E-04 299. 1.0E+13
4.0E-02 281. 1.0E+13
1.0E-01 142. 1.0E+13
1.5E-01 41.0 1.0E+13
2.0E-01 18.0 1.0E+13

cbare
6+ 1.0E+13
24
case24

time-dependent

history input

  • copper ions
  • initially neutral ground state
  • given ne, nt and te
  • 2nd Maxwellian hot electrons of 100 keV and 1 % of the total electron density
  • log first (10 steps) and linear later (100 steps) output time steps
 z 29
initial file cuneutral
evolve td
fhot fixed 0.01 1.e5
history cuionz ne nt
time pump 1.e-18 1.e-13 5.e-12 10 100
end

Shows an ionizing plasma starting from the neutral species specified by a file, with the main electron temperature set by the history file and a hot electron component set by the "fhot" option.

cuionz
time te ne nt
0.00E-00 1000. 1.E+23 8.E+22
1.00E-06 1000. 1.E+23 8.E+22

cuneutral
29g04 8.E+22