title: Electronic and ionic structures of warm and hot dense matter.
abstract: The results of a numerical implementation of the recent average atom model including ion-ion correlations of Starrett and Saumon [Phys. Rev. E 85, 026403 (2012)] are presented. The solution is obtained by coupling an average atom model to a two-component plasma model of electrons and ions. The two models are solved self-consistently and results are given in the form of pair distribution functions. Ion-ion pair distribution functions for hydrogen, carbon, aluminum, and iron are compared to quantum and Thomas-Fermi molecular dynamics simulations as well as path-integral Monte Carlo calculations and good agreement is found for a wide variety of plasma conditions in the warm and hot dense matter regime.
authors: Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.
authors: C E
authors: CE
authors: Starrett
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Saumon
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004579:Electron Transport; D007477:Ions / Q000737:chemistry*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D058626:Plasma Gases / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D007477:Ions; D058626:Plasma Gases