Collisional radiative models in plasmas

A review on collisional-radiative models in plasmas is given. Work of Fujimoto (1980), Biberman et al., (1969), Drawin (1965) and Seaton (1959) has been an important guide to this review. Ionizing, recombining and equilibrium plasmas are dealt with. Attention has been paid to the classification of CR models in phases, such as corona phase, excitation saturation phase (ESP), capture radiative cascade (CRC) phase and partial local thermal equilibrium (PLTE). A numerical model applied to the argon neutron system and an analytical model applied to the ESP and PLTE for ionizing plasma are treated in more detai