Multi-electron-recombination rates estimated within dense plasmas

Abstract We investigate the rates for multielectron recombination within a dense plasma with Maxwellian electron energy distribution function. We find that these rates can be high within dense plasmas, and they should be treated in the simulations of the plasmas created by intense radiation, in particular for plasmas created by intense VUV radiation from free-electron-laser (FEL), or for modeling the inertial confinement fusion (ICF) plasmas.