title: Effective potential theory for transport coefficients across coupling regimes.
abstract: A plasma transport theory that spans weak to strong coupling is developed from a binary collision picture, but where the interaction potential is taken to be an effective potential that includes correlation effects and screening self-consistently. This physically motivated approach provides a practical model for evaluating transport coefficients across coupling regimes. The theory is shown to compare well with classical molecular dynamics simulations of temperature relaxation in electron-ion plasmas as well as simulations and experiments of self-diffusion in one-component plasmas. The approach is versatile and can be applied to other transport coefficients as well.
authors.affiliation: Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA.
authors.forename: Scott D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Baalrud
authors.affiliation: Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.
authors.forename: Jérôme
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Daligault