Prism Reports and Publications

A list of available reports and publications by Prism Computational Sciences is below. To obtain a hardcopy of a report, contact Prism.

PCS-R-060
2005
"Radiation-Hydrodynamics, Spectral, and Atomic Physics Modeling of Laser-Produced Plasma EUV Lithography Light Sources"
Also published in Emerging Lithographic Technologies IX, Proc. of the SPIE, p. 588, 2005.
PCS-R-058
2005
"Spectroscopic Analysis and NLTE Radiative Cooling Effects in ICF Capsule Implosions with Mid-Z Dopants"
Also to be published in J. Quant. Spectr. Rad. Transfer 2005.
PCS-R-054
2004

"Dopant Radiative Cooling Effects in Indirect-Drive Ar-Doped Capsule Implosion Experiments"
Also to be published in Physical Review E 2005.

PCS-R-049
2003

"Modeling of Indirect-Drive ICF Implosions Using A 1D Hydrodynamics Code With Inline Collisional-Radiative Atomic Kinetics"
Also published in Inertial Fusion Sciences and Application 2003.

PCS-R-047
2003

"Simulation of the Ionization Dynamics of Aluminum Irradiated by Intense Short Pulse Lasers"
Also published in Inertial Fusion Sciences and Application, p. 457, 2003.

PCS-R-045
2003
"Spect3D Imaging and Spectral Analysis Suite - Version 3.2: Getting Started"
PCS-R-039
2002
"VisRad -- A 3D View Factor Code For Simulating the Radiation Environment in ICF Hohlraums"
Also published in J. Quant. Spectr. Rad. Transfer. 81, 287 (2003)
PCS-R-038
2002
"X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Measurements of Thin Foil Heating by Z-Pinch Radiation"
Also published in Phys. Rev. E 66, 46416 (2002)
PCS-R-028
2001
"Spectral Diagnostics for High Energy Density Plasmas Created in Z-Pinch Experiments"
PCS-R-023
2001
"Simulation of OMEGA Shock Heating Experiments- Effects of Radiation Transport Modeling"
PCS-R-020
2001
"Effects and Diagnostics of EUV/X-ray Ionization in the Upper Atmospheres and Winds of Hot Stars"
PCS-R-013
2000
"Spectral, Radiation-Hydrodynamics, and View Factor Simulations in Support of Sandia Z-Pinch Experiments"
PCS-R-009
2000
"Development of X-ray Tracer Diagnostics for Radiatively-Driven Copper-Doped Beryllium Ablators"
PCS-R-007
2000
"Numerical Simulation of Plasma Processes in KALIF Experiments"
PCS-R-003
1999
"Diagnosing Plasma Conditions in Targets Irradiated by Intense Light Ion Beams Using Ka Satellite Line Intensity Ratios"
Also published in J. Quant. Spectr. Rad. Transfer. 61, 671 (1999)
PCS-R-001
1998

"On The Transparency of Foam in Low-Density Foam Z-Pinch Experiments"
Also published in Rev. Sci. Instrum. 70, 323 (1999)

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