The optical properties of plasma are determined by the presence of a fluctuating microscopic electric field. A simple ab initio model of a plasma microfield accounting for its inhomogeneity up to an octupole term has been constructed for the first time. A comparison with experiments has shown that only this model correctly describes the observed number of spectral lines.

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非均匀等离子体微场的模拟

等离子体的光学特性由波动的微观电场的存在决定。首次构建了等离子体微场的简单从头算模型，该模型解释了其不均匀性直至八极项。与实验的比较表明，只有该模型正确地描述了观察到的谱线数。