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

70 citations · 242 across the 16 of their papers we have counts for

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16 papers

cond-mat.other2023

Measurement and analysis of the Doppler broadened energy spectra of annihilation gamma radiation originating from clean and adsorbate-covered surfaces

S. Lotfimarangloo, V. A. Chirayath, P. A. Sterne +8

We present measurements and theoretical modeling demonstrating the capability of Doppler Broadened annihilation gamma Spectroscopy (DBS) to provide element-specific information fro…

physics.comp-ph2021★ 3 cited

Atom-in-jellium predictions of the shear modulus at high pressure

Damian C. Swift, Thomas Lockard, Sebastien Hamel +3

Atom-in-jellium calculations of the Einstein frequency in condensed matter and of the equation of state were used to predict the variation of shear modulus from zero pressure to ~$…

astro-ph.SR2021

Atom-in-jellium equations of state and melt curves in the white dwarf regime

Damian C. Swift, Thomas Lockard, Sebastien Hamel +4

Atom-in-jellium calculations of the electron states, and perturbative calculations of the Einstein frequency, were used to construct equations of state (EOS) from around …

physics.plasm-ph2020★ 14 cited

Benchmarking boron carbide equation of state using computation and experiment

Shuai Zhang, Michelle C. Marshall, Lin H. Yang +13

Boron carbide (BC) is of both fundamental scientific and practical interest in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) and high energy density physics experiments. We report the resu…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020

Identification of Auger mechanisms responsible for low energy electron emission from graphene on copper using Auger-gamma coincidence spectroscopy

R. W. Gladen, V. A. Chirayath, P. A. Sterne +3

We present a novel method for the analysis of the Doppler broadened spectrum of gamma photons emitted following the annihilation of surface trapped positrons with the electrons of…

physics.comp-ph2020★ 10 cited

Comparison of ablators for the polar direct drive exploding pusher platform

Heather D. Whitley, G. Elijah Kemp, Charles Yeamans +36

We examine the performance of pure boron, boron carbide, high density carbon, and boron nitride ablators in the polar direct drive exploding pusher (PDXP) platform. The platform us…

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.comp-ph2019★ 3 cited

Equations of state for ruthenium and rhodium

Damian C. Swift, Thomas Lockard, Olivier Heuze +8

Ru and Rh are interesting cases for comparing equations of state (EOS), because most general purpose EOS are semi-empirical, relying heavily on shock data, and none has been report…

cond-mat.mes-hall2019★ 2 cited

Application of Doppler Broadened Gamma Spectroscopy to Study the Surface of Graphene

A. H. Weiss, V. A. Chirayath, R. W. Gladen +4

We present Doppler broadened gamma spectra, obtained using the newly developed advanced positron beam at the University of Texas at Arlington, from a sample consisting of 6 to 8 la…

physics.comp-ph2019

Atom-in-jellium equations of state for cryogenic liquids

Thomas Lockard, Marius Millot, Burkhard Militzer +4

Equations of state (EOS) calculated from a computationally efficient atom-in-jellium treatment of the electronic structure have recently been shown to be consistent with more rigor…

physics.comp-ph2019★ 7 cited

High temperature ion-thermal behavior from average-atom calculations

Damian C. Swift, Mandy Bethkenhagen, Alfredo A. Correa +5

Atom-in-jellium calculations of the Einstein frequency were used to calculate the mean displacement of an ion over a wide range of compression and temperature. Expressed as a fract…

physics.comp-ph2019★ 15 cited

Atom-in-jellium equations of state in the high energy density regime

Damian C. Swift, Thomas Lockard, Richard G. Kraus +5

Recent path-integral Monte Carlo and quantum molecular dynamics simulations have shown that computationally efficient average-atom models can predict thermodynamic states in warm d…

physics.chem-ph2019★ 42 cited

Equation of state of warm-dense boron nitride combining computation, modeling, and experiment

Shuai Zhang, Amy Lazicki, Burkhard Militzer +18

The equation of state (EOS) of materials at warm dense conditions poses significant challenges to both theory and experiment. We report a combined computational, modeling, and expe…

physics.plasm-ph2018★ 3 cited

A first-principles global multiphase equation of state for hydrogen

Alfredo A. Correa, Lorin X. Benedict, Miguel A. Morales +3

We present and discuss a wide-range hydrogen equation of state model based on a consistent set of ab initio simulations including quantum protons and electrons. Both the process of…

physics.plasm-ph2018★ 31 cited

Theoretical and experimental investigation of the equation of state of boron plasmas

Shuai Zhang, Burkhard Militzer, Michelle C. Gregor +11

We report a theoretical equation of state (EOS) table for boron across a wide range of temperatures (5.110-5.210 K) and densities (0.25-49 g/cm), and ex…

physics.plasm-ph2017★ 42 cited

Path integral Monte Carlo simulations of dense carbon-hydrogen plasmas

Shuai Zhang, Burkhard Militzer, Lorin X. Benedict +3

Carbon-hydrogen plasmas and hydrocarbon materials are of broad interest to laser shock experimentalists, high energy density physicists, and astrophysicists. Accurate equations of…