THE RADIATION INTENSITY OF THE LYMAN ALPHA LINE AT THE IONIZATION FRONT IN THE QUASI-STEADY PLASMA ACCELERATOR

Research of the radiation transport in the ionizing gas streams in the channel of the quasi-steady plasma accelerator is carried out. The quasi-one-dimensional model of the ionizing gas flow includes the MHD equations combined with the ionization and recombination kinetics equation within the framework of the modified diffusion approximation. Solution of the radiation transport equation is based on calculation of the plasma emissivity, the photon absorption coefficients, the line profile and use of the method of characteristics. Distribution of the radiation intensity for the Lyman alpha line is obtained, and also the integrated values of the density of the radiation energy and the radiation energy flux for all parts of the hydrogen spectrum along the accelerator channel are presented.