Thomas-Fermi molecular-dynamics, linear screening, and mean-field theories of plasmas
- 20 July 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 69 (3) , 446-449
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.69.446
Abstract
Since its introduction in 1985, ab initio molecular dynamics has played an important role in the analysis of ionic properties of condensed-matter systems. Extending this method to a Thomas-Fermi model for plasmas, the structure and diffusion constants from molecular-dynamics simulations of the hydrogen plasma are compared to the results of approximate theories of the same model.Keywords
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