Accurate Determination of the Shear Viscosity of the One-Component Plasma

Abstract

The shear viscosity coefficient of the one-component plasma is calculated with unprecedented accuracy using equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations and the Green-Kubo relation. Numerical and statistical uncertainties and their mitigation for improving accuracy are analyzed. In the weakly coupled regime, our the results agree with the Landau-Spitzer prediction. In the moderately and strongly coupled regimes, our results are found in good agreement with recent results obtained for the Yukawa one-component plasma using non-equilibrium molecular dynamics. A practical formula is provided for evaluating the viscosity coefficient across coupling regimes, from the weakly-coupled regime up to solidification threshold. The results are used to test theoretical predictions of the viscosity coefficients found in the literature.

13 pages, 10 figures

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