Understanding the time dependence of ato
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Philip G. Judge
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Article
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2005
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The time dependence of atomic level populations in evolving plasmas is studied using an eigenfunction expansion of the non-LTE rate equations. The work aims to develop understanding without the need for, and as an aid to, numerical solutions. The discussion is mostly limited to linear systems, espec