Prof. Rafael Rodríguez Pérez

Physics Department

University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Email: rrodriguez@dfis.ulpgc.es

Qualifications

2001 Ph.D., Department of Physics, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

1994 M.Sc., Faculty of Physics, University of La Laguna, Spain

Publications (Selected) 

1. Microscopic properties of xenon plasmas for density and temperature regimes of laboratory astrophysics experiments on radiative shocks. Physical Review E (2015), 91, 053106. 
2. Cylindrical liner Z‐pinch experiments for fusion research and high‐energydensity physics. Journal of Plasma Physics (2015), 81, 365810301. 
3. Structure of a laser‐driven radiative shock. High Energy Density Physics (2015). In Press, DOI: 10.1016/j.hedp.2015.01.003. 
4. Collisional-radiative simulations of a supersonic and radiatively cooled aluminum plasma jet. High Energy Density Physics (2014). In Press, DOI: 10.1016/j.hedp.2014.10.008 
5. Time‐dependent and radiation field effects on collisional‐radiative simulations of radiative properties of blast waves launched in clusters of xenon. High Energy Density Physics (2014). In Press, DOI: 10.1016/j.hedp.2014.09.002. 
6. Parametrization of mean radiative properties of optically thin steady‐state plasmas and applications. Communications in Computational Physics (2014), 16, 612‐631. 
7. Calculation of radiative opacity of plasma mixtures using a relativistic screened hydrogenic model. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer (2014), 140, 81‐98. 
8. Analysis of microscopic magnitudes of radiative blast waves launched in xenon clusters with collisional‐radiative steady‐state simulations. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer (2013), 125, 69‐83. 
9. Analysis of the influence of the plasma thermodynamic regime in the spectrally resolved and mean opacity calculations of carbon plasmas in a wide range of density and temperature. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer (2013), 114, 136‐150. 
10. Relativistic screened hydrogenic radial integrals. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer (2013), 117, 123‐132. 
11. Parametrization of the average ionization and radiative cooling rates of carbon plasmas in a wide range of density and temperature. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer (2013), 125, 123‐138. 
12. Determination and analysis of plasma parameters for simulations of radiative blast waves launched in clusters of xenon and krypton. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (2012), 54, 045012. 
13. Modelling of spectral properties and population kinetics studies of inertial fusion and laboratory‐astrophysical plasmas. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (2012), 54, 124004. 
14. Studying radiative shocks using laser driven blast waves in clustered gases. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A (2011), 653, 186‐188. 
15. Determination and analysis of the thermodynamic regimes of xenon plasmas. Contributions to Plasma Physics (2011), 51, 863‐876. 
16. Determination of the average ionization and thermodynamic regimes of xenon plasmas with an application to the characterization of blast waves launched in xenon clusters. High Energy Density Physics (2011), 6, 71‐76. 
17. A new set of relativistic screening constants for the screened hydrogenic model. High Energy Density Physics (2011), 6, 169‐179. 
18. Opacity calculation for target physics using the new DENIM code ABAKO/RAPCAL. High Energy and Density Physics (2010), 6, 57‐65. 
19. Argon K‐shell and radiative recombinations emissions from OMEGA directdrive implosions. High Energy and Density Physics (2010), 6, 70‐75. 
20. Opacity calculations for ICF target physics using the ABAKO/RAPCAL code. Journal of Physics: Conference Series (2010).