A Quantitative Comparison of Opacities Calculated Using the Distorted- Wave and $\mathbf{R}$-Matrix Methods

F. Delahaye, N. R. Badnell, C. P. Ballance +7

The present debate on the reliability of astrophysical opacities has reached a new climax with the recent measurements of Fe opacities on the Z-machine at the Sandia National Labor…