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Electrical conductivity for warm, dense aluminum plasmas and liquids
M P Desjarlais1, J D Kress, L A Collins
1Pulsed Power Sciences Center, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA. mpdesja@sandia.gov
Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
|September 21, 2002
Abstract:
The electrical conductivity of warm, dense aluminum plasmas and liquids is calculated using ab initio molecular dynamics and the Kubo-Greenwood formula. The density range extends from near solid to one-hundredth of solid density, and the temperature range extends from 6000 K to 30 000 K. This density and temperature range allows direct comparison with experimental results obtained with the tamped exploding wire technique.