Albert L. Osterheld

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Albert L. Osterheld

E-mail address: AOsterheld@llnl.gov, ksyrah@aimnet.com (non-work related)

Work:      (510) 423-7432
Fax:       (510) 423-7228
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Albert L. Osterheld
LLNL, L-41
P.O. Box 808
Livermore, CA 94551

Professional Positions

Staff Physicist
Atomic Processes Group
V Division (High Temperature Physics and Astrophysics)
Physics and Space Technology Directorate
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

International Advisor
Atomic and Radiation Processes in Plasmas, Gases and Solids
International Science and Technology Center Project #076-PP
Ulitsa Luganskaya, 9
Moscow 115516
Russia


Professional/Scientific/Technical Associations

Member, American Physical Society

Member, Association of Spectroscopists, Pr. Sapunova, 13/15, Moscow 103012, Russia

Member, Sigma Xi


Research Interests

See Plasma Spectroscopy page


Publications - Albert Osterheld

Effects of autoionizing transitions on electron impact excitation rates and gain calculations for Ni-like tantalum, M.H. Chen and A.L. Osterheld, in press, Phys. Rev. A (1995).

Impact of three-dminesional nonuniformity on the germanium x-ray laser output, A.S. Wan, R.W. Mayle, Y. Kato, A.L. Osterheld, in press, Laser and Particle Beams (1995).

High-resolution measurement, line identifications, and spectral modeling of the K-beta spectrum of heliumlike Ar16+, P. Beiersdorfer, A.L. Osterheld, T.W. Phillips, M. Bitter, K.W. Hill, S. von Goeler, Phys. Rev. E 52, 1980 (1995).

Structure and Lamb shift of 2s1/2 - 2p3/2 levels in lithiumlike Th87+ through neonlike Th80+, P. Beiersdorfer, A. Osterheld, S.R. Elliott, M.H. Chen, D. Knapp, K. Reed, in press, Phys. Rev. A (1995).

High resolution measurements of Mg XI and Cu XX resonance and satellite transitions and the resonance defect in the Mg-pumped Cu x-ray laser scheme, A.Ya. Faenov, B.A. Bryunetkin, V.M. Dyakin, T.A. Pikuz, I.Yu. Skobelev, S.A. Pikuz, J. Nilsen, A.L. Osterheld, U.I. Safronova, in press, Phys. Rev. A (1995).

Observations of OV visible transitions in a tokamak divertor plasma, S.I. Lippmann, K.B. Fournier, A.L. Osterheld, W.H. Goldstein, Phys. Rev. E 51, 5139 (1995).

Laboratory high-energy astrophysics on Lasers, W.H. Goldstein, D.A. Liedahl, R.S. Walling, M.E. Foord, A.L. Osterheld, B.G. Wilson, Proc. European Conference on Laser Interactions with Matter, in press (1995).

Excitation mechanisms of 2s1/2 - 2p3/2 and 2p1/2 - 2p3/2 transitions in U82+ - U89+, V. Decaux, P. Beiersdorfer, A. Osterheld, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. B 98, 229 (1995).

Measurement of doubly excited levels in lithiumlike and berylliumlike cobalt, A.J. Smith, P. Beiersdorfer, V. Decaux, K. Widmann, A. Osterheld, M. Chen, Phys. Rev. A 51, 2808 (1995).

Dielectronic 3l4l' Na-like satellites to Ne-like krypton resonance lines, S.Ya. Khakhalin, V.M. Dyakin, A.Ya. Faenov, H. Fiedorowicz, A. Bartnik, P. Parys, A.L. Osterheld, J. Nilsen, JOSA B 12, 1203 (1995).

High-resolution measurements of the Ka spectra of low ionization species of iron: a new spectral signature of non-equilibriumn ionization conditions in young supernova remnants, V. Decaux, P. Beiersdorfer, A. Osterheld, M. Chen, S.M. Kahn, Astrophys. Journal 443, 464 (1995).

Spectroscopy and gain dynamics in inhomogeneous x-ray laser plasmas, M. Nantel, J.C. Kieffer, G.D. Enright, D.M. Villeneuve, J. Dunn, A.S. Wan, R.S. Walling, H. Scott, A. Osterheld, O. Peyrusse, J. Phys. B 28, 2765 (1995).

Transitions from Na-like and Mg-like autoionizing levels of multicharged molybdenum ions in an X-pinch plasma, A. Ya. Faenov, D.A. Hammer, J. Nilsen, A. Osterheld, S.A. Pikuz, V. Romanova, T. Shelkovenko, I. Yu. Skobelev, Physica Scripta 51, 454 (1995).

Na-like autoionization states of copper ions in plasma, heated by excimer laser, S. Bollanti, P. Di Lazzaro, F. Flora, T. Letardi, L. Palladino, A. Reale, D. Batani, A. Mauri, A. Scafati, A. Grilli, A.Ya. Faenov, T.A. Pikuz, S.A. Pikuz, A. Osterheld, Physica Scripta 51, 326 (1995).

Studies of He-like krypton for use in determining electron and ion temperatures in very-high-temperature plasmas, K. Widmann, P. Beiersdorfer, V. Decaux, S.R. Elliott, D. Knapp, A. Osterheld, M. Bitter, A. Smith, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 66, 761 (1995).

High-resolution measurement of the He-b spectra of heliumlike chromium for possible diagnostic of laser-produced plasma, V. Decaux, P. Beiersdorfer, S. Elliott, A. Osterheld, E. Clothiaux, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 66, 758 (1995).

New calculations of Fe L-shell x-ray spectra in high-temperature plasmas, Duane A. Liedahl, Albert L. Osterheld, William H. Goldstein, Astrophy. Journal 438, L115 (1995).

Line overlap measurement for the photopumping of X-ray lasing transitions between n=3 and n=2 autoionizing states of lithiumlike Al, S.R. Elliott, P. Beiersdorfer, S.B. Libby, A.L. Osterheld, and T. Phillips, Optics Commun. 113, 204 (1994).

New Calculations of Fe Spectra in High-temperature plasmas,, D.A. Liedahl, A.L. Osterheld, R. Mewe, J.S. Kaastra, in New Horizons in X-ray Astronomy, ed. F. Makio and T. Ohashi (Universal Academy Press), p. 629 (1994).

n=5 to n=5 soft x-ray emission of uranium in a high-temperature low-density tokamak plasma, K.B. Fournier, M. Finkenthal, S. Lippmann, C.P. Holmes, W.W. Moos, W.H. Goldstein, A.L. Osterheld, Phys. Rev. A 50, 3727 (1994).

Analysis of Spectra from Laser-Produced Plasmas Using a Neural Network, A.L. Osterheld, W.L. Morgan, W.H. Goldstein, B.K.F. Young, Phys. Rev. Lett. 73, 1505 (1994).

Soft X-ray emission of Gallium-like Rare Earth Ions Produced by High Temperature Low Density Tokamak and High Density Laser Plasmas, K.B. Fournier, W.H. Goldstein, A.L. Osterheld, M. Finkenthal, S. Lippmann, S.K. Huang, H.W. Moos, N. Spector, Phys. Rev. A 50, 2248 (1994).

Characterization of Germanium stripe x-ray lasers, A.S. Wan, J.C. Moreno, B.J. MacGowan, S.B. Libby, J.A. Koch, J. Nilsen, A.L. Osterheld, J.H. Scofield, J.E. Trebes, R.S. Walling, Optical Engineering 33, 2434 (1994).

The Observation of the Ne-like Ion Resonance Line Satellites for CrXV - NiXIX in CO2 Laser-produced Plasma, S. Ya. Khakhalin, A. Ya. Faenov, I. Yu. Skobolev, S.A. Pikuz, J. Nilsen, A. Osterheld, Physica Scripta 50, 102 (1994).

The Dielectronic Satellites to the 2s-3p Ne-like Krypton resonance lines, S. Ya. Khakhalin, V.M. Dyakin, A. Ya. Faenov, H. Fiedorowicz, A. Bartnik, P. Parys, J. Nilsen, A. Osterheld, Physica Scripta 50, 106 (1994).

Dielectronic Satellites of Resonance Lines of Ne-like Ions in High-Temperature Plasma, S. Ya. Khakhalin, B.A. Bryunetkin, I. Yu. Skobolev, A. Ya. Faenov, J. Nilsen, A. Osterheld, S.A. Pikuz, JETP 78, 633, (1994).

Density and Temperature Sensitive Features in High Temperature Plasma L-Shell Xenon Emission Spectra, C.J. Keane, B.A. Hammel, A.L Osterheld, D.R. Kania, Phys. Rev. Lett. 72, 3029, (1994).

Ionization Balance and Gain Calculations of Neon-like Selenium and Nickel-like Tantalum X-Ray Laser Plasmas, A.L. Osterheld, R.S. Walling, B.K.F. Young, W.H. Goldstein, G. Shimkaveg, B.J. MacGowan, L. Da Silva, C. Keane, B. Hammel, R. London, R.E. Stewart, JQSRT 51, 263 1994.

Time Resolved Measurement of Electron Temperatures of Exploding Foil X-ray Laser Plasmas, B.K.F. Young, A.L. Osterheld, G.M. Shimkaveg, R.L. Shepherd, R.S. Walling, W.H. Goldstein, R.E. Stewart, JQSRT 51, 417, (1994).

Characterization of Short Pulse Laser-Produced Plasmas, W. White, S. Gordan, A. Osterheld, R. Walling, W. Goldstein, R. Stewart, JQSRT 51, 357, (1994).

Analysis of K- and L- Shell Spectra from Indirectly Driven Implosions, C.J. Keane, B.A. Hammel, A.L. Osterheld, R.W. Lee, D.R. Kania, L.J. Suter, R.C. Mancini, C.F. Hooper Jr., N.D. Delamater, JQSRT 51, 147, (1994).

X-ray Spectroscopy of High-Energy Density Inertial Confinement Fusion Plasmas, C.J. Keane, B.A. Hammel, D.R. Kania, J.D. Kilkenny, R.W. Lee, A.L. Osterheld, L.J. Suter, R.C. Mancini, C.F. Hooper, N.D. Delameter, Phys. Fluids B 5, 332, (1993).

Spectra of Heliumlike Krypton from Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor Plasmas, M. Bitter, H. Hsuan, C. Bush, S. Cohen, C.J. Cummings, B. Grek, K.W. Hill, J. Schivell, M. Zarnstorff, P. Beiersdorfer, A. Osterheld, A. Smith, B. Fraenkel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 1007, (1993).

Relative Intensities of 3p-3s Transitions in Neonlike ArIX, N. Preissing, D.O. Campos, H.-J. Kunze, A.L. Osterheld, R.S. Walling, Phy. Rev. E 48, 3867, (1993).

High Gain X-Ray Lasers at the Water Window, S. Maxon, K.G. Estabrook, M.K. Prasad, A.L. Osterheld, R.A. London, D.C. Eder, Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 2285, (1993).

K-beta Spectra of Heliumlike Iron from TFTR Plasmas, A.J. Smith, M. Bitter, H. Hsuan, K.W. Hill, S. von Goeler, J. Timberlake, P. Beiesdorfer, A. Osterheld, Phys. Rev. A 47, 3073, (1993).

Atomic Modeling, A.L. Osterheld, Energy and Technology Review, State of the Laboratory Issue, UCRL-52000-93-1/2, (1993).

X-Ray Laser Oscillator-Amplifier Experiments, G.M. Shimkaveg, M.R. Carter, B.K.F. Young, R.S. Walling, A.L. Osterheld, J.E. Trebes, R.A. London, R.P. Ratowsky, R.E. Stewart, R.S. Craxton, Proc. Inter. Conf. on Lasers '92, STS Press, (1993).

Highly Charged Ions in Hot, Dense Plasmas, A.L. Osterheld, R.S. Walling, B.K.F. Young, W.H. Goldstein, G. Shimkaveg, B.J. MacGowan, L. Da Silva, C. Keane, B. Hammel, R. London, R.E. Stewart, Proceedings of the 6th International Conf on the Physics of Highly Charged Ions, ed M. Stockli, AIP, (1992).

Atomic Physics Modeling of X-Ray Laser Plasmas, A.L. Osterheld, B.K.F. Young, R.S. Walling, W.H. Goldstein, J.H. Scofield, M.H. Chen, G. Shimkaveg, M. Carter, R. Shepherd, B.J. MacGowan, L. DaSilva, D. Matthews, S. Maxon, R. London, R.E. Stewart, Proceedings of the 3rd International Colloquium on X-Ray Lasers, ed E. Fill, IOP, (1992).

Diagnostics of Electron Temperature and Density in High-Energy Density Plasmas Using L-Shell Xenon Emission Spectroscopy, C.J. Keane, B.A. Hammel, A.L. Osterheld, D.R. Kania, LLNL ICF Quarterly Report 2, 134, (1992).

A Burst Model for Line Emission in the Solar Atmosphere. II. Coronal XUV Lines, U. Feldman, J.M. Laming, P. Mandelbaum, W.H. Goldstein, A. Osterheld, Ap. J. 398, 692, (1992).

8 to 11 keV Point X-Ray Sources for Imaging and Absorption Experiments, J.D. Molitoris, M.M. Morin, D.W. Phillion, A.L. Osterheld, R.E. Stewart, S.D. Rothman, Rev. Sci. Instr. 63, 5104, (1992).

Observation of High Gain in Ne-like Ag Lasers, D.J. Fields, R.S. Walling, G.M. Shimkaveg, B.J. MacGowan, L.B. Da Silva, J.H. Scofield, A.L. Osterheld, T.W. Phillips, M.D. Rosen, D.L. Matthews, W.H. Goldstein, R.E. Stewart, Phys. Rev. A 46, 1606, (1992).

Measurements of Line Ovelap for Resonant Photo-Pumping of 4-4 Transitions in Highly Charged Nickellike Ions, P. Beiersdorfer, J. Nilsen, A. Osterheld, D. Vogel, K. Wong, R. Marrs, R. Zasadzinski, Phys. Rev. A 46, R25, (1992).

Short Wavelength X-ray Laser Research, B.J. MacGowan, L.B. Da Silva, J.A. Koch, D.L. Matthews, A.L. Osterheld, J.E. Trebes, R.S. Walling, D.A. Whelan, D.J. Fields, C.J. Keane, J.H. Scofield, G. Shimkaveg, S. Maxon, S. Mrowka, Phys. Fluids B 4, 2326 (1992).

O-shell emission of heavy atoms in an optically thin tokamak plasma, M. Finkenthal, S. Lippmann, L.K. Huang, A. Zwicker, H.W. Moos, W.H. Goldstein, A.L. Osterheld, Phys. Rev. A 45, 5846 (1992).

Atomic Calculations and Plasma Emission Models, A.L. Osterheld, B.K.F. Young, R.S. Walling, R.L. Shepherd, M. Carter, W.H. Goldstein, J. Scofield, M. Chen, R.E. Stewart, proc. 10th International Colloquium on UV and X-ray Spectroscopy of Astrophysical and Laboratory Plasmas, Berkeley, (1992).

X-Ray Spectroscopy with EBIT, P. Beiersdorfer, R. Cauble, S. Chantrenne, M. Chen, N. Del Grande, R. Marrs, A. Osterheld, K. Reed, M. Schneider, J. Scofield, B. Wargelin, K. Wong, D. Vogel, R. Zasadzinski, proc. 10th International Colloquium on UV and X-ray Spectroscopy of Astrophysical and Laboratory Plasmas, Berkeley, (1992).

X-Ray Emission Line Spectra of Photoionized Plasmas: Density Sensitivity of the Fe L-Shell Series, D.A. Liedahl, S.M. Kahn, A.L. Osterheld, W.H. Goldstein, Ap. J. 391, 306 (1992).

Ion Trap Measurement of U64+ X-Ray Transition Spectra, N.K. Del Grande, P. Beiersdorfer, J.R. Henderson, A.L. Osterheld, J.H. Scofield, and J.K. Swenson, Nuc. Instr. Meth. B 56, 227 (1991).

X-ray Spectra of F-like, O-like, and N-like Barium from an Electron Beam Ion Trap, R. Hutton, P. Beiersdorfer, A.L. Osterheld, R.E. Marrs, M.B. Schneider, Phys. Rev. A 44, 1836 (1991).

Observation of Magnetic Octupole Decay in Atomic Spectra, P. Beiersdorfer, A.L. Osterheld, J. Scofield, B. Wargelin, R.E. Marrs, Phys. Rev. Lett. 67, 2272, (1991).

The Fe L-Shell Spectrum in Compact Astrophysical X-ray Sources, D.A. Liedahl, S.M. Kahn, A.L. Osterheld, W.H. Goldstein, Proc. APS Conf on Atomic Processes in Plasmas, Portland (1991).

Resonance Bound-Bound Absorption Effect on X-Ray Lasers, A.S. Wan, K.T. Cheng, A.L. Osterheld, R.A. Wagner, Def. Res. Rev. 3, 81, (1991).

Spectroscopic Diagnostics of Ionization Balance and Electron Density in 20-Psec Laser-Produced Aluminum and Magnesium Plasmas, A.L. Osterheld, R. Shepherd, D. Eder, R.S. Walling, C. Keane, D. Matthews, B.K.F. Young, W.H. Goldstein, R.E. Stewart, G. Charatis, Gar. Busch, Proceedings of the 2nd International Colloquium on X-Ray Lasers, York, 1990.

Demonstration of X-Ray Amplifiers near the Carbon K Edge, B.J. MacGowan, S. Maxon, L.B. Da Silva, D. Fields, C.J. Keane, D. L. Mathews, A.L. Osterheld, J.H. Scofield, G. Shimkaveg, and G.F. Stone, Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 420, 1990.

Observation of 3d84d-3d84p Soft X-ray Laser Transtions in High-Z Ions Isoelectronic to CoI, B. MacGowan, L. DaSilva, D. Fields, C. Keane, S. Maxon, A. Osterheld, J. Scofield, G. Shimkaveg, Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 2374, 1990.

Indirect X-Ray Line Formation Processes in Highly Charged Barium, P. Beiersdorfer, A.L. Osterheld, M.H. Chen, J.R. Henderson, D.A. Knapp, M.A. Levine, R.E. Marrs,K.J. Reed, M.B. Schneider, D.A. Vogel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 1995, 1990.

A Calculation of Gain in Ne-like Silver Soft X-Ray Lasers, R.S. Walling A.L. Osterheld, J.H. Scofield, W.H. Goldstein, M.D. Rosen, M.H. Chen, Proceedings of the 2nd International Colloquium on X-Ray Lasers, York, 1990.

Analysis of Time and Space-Resolved Na-,Ne, and F-like Emission from a Laser- Produced Bromine Plasma, W.H. Goldstein, B.K.F. Young, A.L. Osterheld, R.E. Stewart, R.S. Walling, Proceedings of the International Workshop on Radiative Properties of Hot, Dense Matter, Sarasota, 1990.

Line Broadening of Ne-like Xenon as a Diagnostic for High Density Implosion Experiments, C.J. Keane, R.W. Lee, B.A. Hammel, A.L. Osterheld, L.J. Suter, A. Calisti, F. Khelfaoue, R. Stamm, B. Talin, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 61, 1990.

The Effect of Excitation-Autoionization Processes on the Line Emission of ZnI- and GaI-like Rare Earth Ions in Hot, Coronal Plasmas, P. Mandelbaum, M. Finkenthal, E. Meroz, J.L. Schwob, J. Oreg, W. Goldstein, M. Klapisch, A. Osterheld, A. Bar- Shalom, S. Lippman, L.K. Huang, H.W. Moos, Phys. Rev. A 42, 4412, 1990.

X-Ray Signatures of Photoionized Plasmas, D. Liedahl, S. Kahn, A. Osterheld, and W. Goldstein, Ap. J. Lett. 350, L37, 1990.

Resonant Excitation of 2p53s and 2p53p Levels in FeXVII, W.H. Goldstein, A. Osterheld, J. Oreg, and A. Bar-Shalom, Ap. J. Lett. 344, L37, 1989.

Spectroscopic Analysis of a Recombining Laser-Produced Aluminum Plasma, B.K.F. Young, W.H. Goldstein, A.L. Osterheld, R.E. Stewart, J. Phys. B 22, L533, 1989.

Measurement of Density-Sensitive Electric Quadrupole Transitions in Neon-like Laser-Produced Plasmas, B.K.F. Young, A.L. Osterheld, R.S. Walling, W.H. Goldstein, T.W. Phillips, R.E. Stewart, G. Charatis, Gar. E. Busch, Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 1266 (1989).

Electron Density Measurement of a Pre-pinched Vacuum Spark Plasma Using Soft X-ray Titanium and Vanadium Emission, M. Finkenthal, D. Stutman, P. Mandelbaum, A. L. Osterheld, W. H. Goldstein, and Mau Chen, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 22, 1 (1989).

X-Ray Line Formation in Astrophysical Environments: The L-Shell Spectra of Ionized Iron, D. Liedahl, S. Kahn, A. L. Osterheld, W. H. Goldstein, Proceedings of IAU Colloquium 115, Cambridge 1988.

Simultaneously Time and Space-Resolved Spectroscopic Characterization of Laser-Produced Plasmas, G. Charatis, B. K. F. Young, Gar. E. Busch, C. J. Cerjan,W. H. Goldstein, A. L. Osterheld, T. W. Philips, M. D. Rosen, R. E. Sterwart, and Rosemary Walling, Proceedings of Optoelectronics and Laser Applications, 1988.


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