On the Kubo-Greenwood Model for Electron Conductivity

Abstract

Currently, the most common method to calculate transport properties for materials under extreme conditions is based on the phenomenological Kubo-Greenwood method. The results of an inquiry into the justification and context of that model are summarized here. Specifically, the basis for its connection to equilibrium DFT and the assumption of static ions are discussed briefly.

Submitted to Contributions to Plasma Physics for the 2017 Strongly Coupled Coulombs Systems conference proceedings

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