Dr ralchenko works in atomic physics collisional radiative modeling atomic data plasma emission and plasma population kinetics he is a fellow of the american physical society citation partial for significant contributions to the relativistic theory of highly charged ions and collisional radiative modeling. This book provides a compact yet comprehensive overview of recent developments in collisional radiative cr modeling of laboratory and astrophysical plasmas it describes advances across the entire field from basic considerations of model completeness to validation and verification of cr models to calculation of plasma kinetic characteristics . Buy modern methods in collisional radiative modeling of plasmas 90 springer series on atomic optical and plasma physics softcover reprint of the original 1st ed 2016 by ralchenko yuri isbn 9783319801582 from amazons book store everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The coupling of eedf and a collisional radiative model for atomic hydrogen is discussed for optically thin and thick plasmas finding large differences in the creation of eedf plateaux. Springer series on atomic optical and plasma physics 1615 5653 volume 90 summary note this book provides a compact yet comprehensive overview of recent developments in collisional radiative cr modeling of laboratory and astrophysical plasmas