Publications (29)
Jupiter's inhomogeneous envelope
Y. Miguel, M. Bazot, T. Guillot +13
While Jupiter's massive gas envelope consists mainly of hydrogen and helium, the key to understanding Jupiter's formation and evolution lies in the distribution of the remaining (h…
Saturn's Interior After the Cassini Grand Finale
J. J. Fortney, B. Militzer, C. R. Mankovich +8
We present a review of Saturn's interior structure and thermal evolution, with a particular focus on work in the past 5 years. Data from the Cassini mission, including a precise de…
First Principles Calculations of Shock Compressed Fluid Helium
B. Militzer
The properties of hot dense helium at megabar pressures were studied with two first-principles computer simulation techniques, path integral Monte Carlo and density functional mole…
FPEOS: A First-Principles Equation of State Table of Deuterium for Inertial Confinement Fusion Applications
S. X. Hu, B. Militzer, V. N. Goncharov +1
Understanding and designing inertial confinement fusion (ICF) implosions through radiation-hydrodynamics simulations rely on the accurate knowledge of the equation of state (EOS) o…
Fundamental high pressure calibration from all-electron quantum Monte Carlo calculations
K. P. Esler, R. E. Cohen, B. Militzer +3
We develop an all-electron quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) method for solids that does not rely on pseudopotentials, and use it to construct a primary ultra-high pressure calibration bas…
First-Principles Equation of State and Electronic Properties of Warm Dense Oxygen
K. P. Driver, F. Soubiran, Shuai Zhang +1
We perform all-electron path integral Monte Carlo (PIMC) and density functional theory molecular dynamics (DFT-MD) calculations to explore warm dense matter states of oxygen. Our s…