Free-free absorption is one of the dominant mechanisms governing the absorption of laser radiation by materials heated to temperatures of 0.5 to 2.0 eV. This report describes the theory, the listing, and the running instructions for a code which computes the free-- free Gaunt factor, arising from any given ionic or atomic potential. The calculation makes use of partial wave expansion. The code is capable of computing up to 95 partial waves. The code computes the necessary low energy wave functions by making use of the Green's function solution rather than by directly integrating Schroedinger's equation. In addition to the Gaunt factor, the code also provides the amplitude and the phase shift of every partial wave considered. (auth)
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E 1.99:ucrl--13582 E 1.99: rda-tr--237-aec rda-tr--237-aec ucrl--13582