Plasma-insulator transition of spin-polarized hydrogen.
A mixed classical-quantum density functional theory is used to calculate pair correlations and the free energy of a spin-polarized hydrogen plasma. A transition to an atomic insulator phase is estimated to occur around r(s)=2.5 at T=10(4) K, and a pressure P is approximately equal to 0.5 Mbar. Spin polarization is imposed to prevent the formation of H2 molecules.
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Département de Physique des Matériaux, UMR 5586 du CNRS, Université Claude Bernard-Lyon 1, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France.
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