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Ionization potential depression in degenerate plasmas and Pauli blocking of multi-electron ions

Gerd Röpke

The composition of partially ionised plasmas is investigated for densities and temperatures at which the free electrons are degenerate. Based on a quantum statistical approach, the…

physics.plasm-ph2026★ 2 cited

The virial expansion of the Hydrogen equation of state in comparison to PIMC simulations: the quasiparticle concept, IPD, and ionization degree

Gerd Röpke, Chengliang Lin, Werner Ebeling +1

The properties of plasmas in the low-density limit are described by virial expansions. Analytical expressions are known for the lowest virial coefficients from Green's function app…

physics.plasm-ph2025★ 2 cited

A Momentum-Resolved X-ray Thomson Scattering Benchmark of Electronic-Response Models in Warm Dense Aluminium

Dmitrii S. Bespalov, Ulf Zastrau, Zhandos A. Moldabekov +58

The robust diagnosis of conditions generated in warm dense matter (WDM) experiments remains a persistent challenge. Here we describe the measurement of shock-compressed aluminium a…

physics.plasm-ph2025★ 3 cited

Ab initio density functional theory approach to warm dense hydrogen: from density response to electronic correlations

Zhandos A. Moldabekov, Xuecheng Shao, Hannah M. Bellenbaum +5

Understanding the properties of warm dense hydrogen is of key importance for the modeling of compact astrophysical objects and to understand and further optimize inertial confineme…

physics.plasm-ph2024★ 21 cited

Model-free Rayleigh weight from x-ray Thomson scattering measurements

Tobias Dornheim, Hannah M. Bellenbaum, Mandy Bethkenhagen +16

X-ray Thomson scattering (XRTS) has emerged as a powerful tool for the diagnostics of matter under extreme conditions. In principle, it gives one access to important system paramet…

physics.plasm-ph2023★ 9 cited

Virial coefficients of the Uniform Electron Gas from Path Integral Monte Carlo Simulations

Gerd Röpke, Tobias Dornheim, Jan Vorberger +2

The properties of plasmas in the low-density limit are described by virial expansions. Analytical expressions are known from Green's function approaches only for the first three vi…

physics.plasm-ph2023★ 24 cited

Revealing Non-equilibrium and Relaxation in Warm Dense Matter

Jan Vorberger, Thomas R. Preston, Nikita Medvedev +4

Experiments creating extreme states of matter almost invariably create non-equilibrium states. These are very interesting in their own right but need to be understood even if the u…

physics.plasm-ph2023★ 13 cited

Platform for Probing Radiation Transport Properties of Hydrogen at Conditions Found in the Deep Interiors of Red Dwarfs

J. Lütgert, M. Bethkenhagen, B. Bachmann +19

We describe an experimental concept at the National Ignition Facility for specifically tailored spherical implosions to compress hydrogen to extreme densities (up to 800$\tim…

physics.plasm-ph2023★ 38 cited

X-ray Thomson scattering spectra from DFT-MD simulations based on a modified Chihara formula

Maximilian Schörner, Mandy Bethkenhagen, Tilo Döppner +3

We study state-of-the-art approaches for calculating x-ray Thomson scattering spectra from density functional theory molecular dynamics (DFT-MD) simulations based on a modified Chi…

physics.plasm-ph2022★ 100 cited

Electronic Density Response of Warm Dense Matter

Tobias Dornheim, Zhandos A. Moldabekov, Kushal Ramakrishna +11

Matter at extreme temperatures and pressures -- commonly known as warm dense matter (WDM) in the literature -- is ubiquitous throughout our Universe and occurs in a number of astro…

physics.plasm-ph2022★ 10 cited

Efficient kinetic Lattice Boltzmann simulation of three-dimensional Hall-MHD Turbulence

Raffaello Foldes, Emmanuel Lévêque, Raffaele Marino +4

Simulating plasmas in the Hall-MagnetoHydroDynamics (Hall-MHD) regime represents a valuable {approach for the investigation of} complex non-linear dynamics developing in astrophysi…

physics.plasm-ph2022★ 86 cited

Accurate Temperature Diagnostics for Matter under Extreme Conditions

Tobias Dornheim, Maximilian Böhme, Dominik Kraus +4

The experimental investigation of matter under extreme densities and temperatures as they occur for example in astrophysical objects and nuclear fusion applications constitutes one…

physics.plasm-ph2022★ 24 cited

The uniform electron gas at high temperatures: \emph{ab initio} path integral Monte Carlo simulations and analytical theory

Tobias Dornheim, Jan Vorberger, Zhandos Moldabekov +2

We present extensive new \emph{ab initio} path integral Monte Carlo (PIMC) simulations of the uniform electron gas (UEG) in the high-temperature regime, $8\leqθ=k_\textnormal{B}T/E…

physics.plasm-ph2021★ 1 cited

Virial Expansion of the Electrical Conductivity of Hydrogen Plasmas

Gerd Röpke, Maximilian Schörner, Ronald Redmer +1

The low-density limit of the electrical conductivity of hydrogen as the simplest ionic plasma is presented as function of temperature T and mass density n in form of a vir…

physics.plasm-ph2021★ 19 cited

Few-femtosecond resolved imaging of laser-driven nanoplasma expansion

C. Peltz, J. A. Powell, P. Rupp +23

The free expansion of a planar plasma surface is a fundamental non-equilibrium process relevant for various fields but as-yet experimentally still difficult to capture. The signifi…

physics.plasm-ph2021★ 24 cited

Ionization and transport in partially ionized multicomponent plasmas: Application to atmospheres of hot Jupiters

Sandeep Kumar, Anna Julia Poser, Manuel Schöttler +5

We study ionization and transport processes in partially ionized multicomponent plasmas. The plasma composition is calculated via a system of coupled mass action laws. The electron…

physics.plasm-ph2020★ 12 cited

Quantum effects on radiation friction driven magnetic field generation

T. V. Liseykina, A. Macchi, S. V. Popruzhenko

Radiation losses in the interaction of superintense circularly polarized laser pulses with high-density plasmas can lead to the generation of strong quasistatic magnetic fields via…

physics.plasm-ph2020★ 20 cited

Using Diffuse Scattering to Observe X-Ray-Driven Nonthermal Melting

N. J. Hartley, J. Grenzer, L. Huang +20

We present results from the SPring-8 Angstrom Compact free electron LAser (SACLA) XFEL facility, using a high intensity (W/cm) X-ray pump X-ray probe scheme to…

physics.plasm-ph2020★ 70 cited

Carbon ionization at Gbar pressures: an ab initio perspective on astrophysical high-density plasmas

Mandy Bethkenhagen, Bastian B. L. Witte, Maximilian Schörner +6

A realistic description of partially-ionized matter in extreme thermodynamic states is critical to model the interior and evolution of the multiplicity of high-density astrophysica…

physics.plasm-ph2019★ 8 cited

The structure in warm dense carbon

J. Vorberger, K. U. Plageman, R. Redmer

The structure of the fluid carbon phase in the pressure region of the graphite, diamond, and BC8 solid phase is investigated. We find increasing coordination numbers with an increa…

physics.plasm-ph2019★ 2 cited

Pauli Blocking in Degenerate Plasmas and the Separable Potential Approach

Gerd Röpke

The Mott effect describes the dissolution of bound states in a dense partially ionized plasma. It happens when the ionization potential depression, owing to effects of correlation…

physics.plasm-ph2018★ 50 cited

Ionization potential depression and Pauli blocking in degenerate plasmas at extreme densities

Gerd Röpke, David Blaschke, Tilo Döppner +4

New facilities explore warm dense matter (WDM) at extreme conditions where the densities are very high (e.g., carbon up to density of 50 g cm) so that electrons are degenera…

physics.plasm-ph2018★ 15 cited

Electrical conductivity of charged particle systems and the Zubarev NSO method

G. Ropke

One of the fundamental problems in physics which are not rigorously solved yet is the statistical mechanics of nonequilibrium processes. An important contribution to describe irrev…

physics.plasm-ph2018★ 18 cited

Efficiency of radiation friction losses in laser-driven "hole boring" of dense targets

S. V. Popruzhenko, T. V. Liseykina, A. Macchi

In the interaction of laser pulses of extreme intensity () with high-density, thick plasma targets, simulations show significant radiation friction losses…