Theoretical Study Of Gas-Puff and Laser Irradiated Gas Jet M-Shell Xenon Experiments Radiating Between 9-14Å

X-ray spectroscopy is an indispensable tool in the study of highly ionized high-Z plasmas. A new non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (non-LTE) model for M-shell xenon was developed, encompassing the 9-14 Å wavelength range. We present comparison of this new M-shell xenon model to experimental data from reversed polarity gas-puff Z-pinch 1 and laser-irradiated gas-puff 2 xenon experiments. The model matches experimental spectral features which provides estimates of useful plasma properties, such as electron temperature, density, and presence of hot electrons. Specifically, the new M-shell xenon model is compared with x-ray spectra produced from the SHOTGUN-III device at Nihon University- Japan and from the Titan laser at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Notably results include a robust description of ionization stages from Zn-like to Ar-like xenon and evidence of the effects of hot electrons in the reversed polarity gas-puff Z-pinch experiment, highlighted by the comparison of both experiments. Future applications of this model are discussed.