Published June 6, 2003 | Version v1
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Plasma phase transition in dense hydrogen and electron-hole plasmas

Creators

  • 1. Institute for High Energy Density, Russian Academy of Sciences, Izhorskay 13/19, Moscow 127412, Russia (Russian Federation)
  • 2. Fachbereich Physik, Universitaet Rostock, D-18051 Rostock (Germany)
  • 3. Institut fuer Physik, Humboldt-Universitaet Berlin, Invalidenstrasse 110, D-10115 Berlin (Germany)
  • 4. Fachbereich Physik, Universitaet Greifswald, D-17489 Greifswald (Germany)
  • 5. Fachbereich Physik, Philipps-Universitaet Marburg, D-35032 Marburg (Germany)

Description

Plasma phase transitions in dense hydrogen and electron-hole plasmas are investigated by direct path integral Monte Carlo methods. The phase boundary of the electron-hole liquid in germanium is calculated and is found to agree reasonably well with the known experimental results. Analogous behaviour is found for high-density hydrogen. For a temperature of T = 10 000 K it is shown that the internal energy is lowered due to droplet formation for densities between 1023 cm-3 and 1024 cm-3

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0305-4470/36/6069/a32232.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General (ISSN 1361-6447) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://stacks.iop.org/0305-4470/36/6069/a32232.pdf; http://www.iop.org/;
DOI
10.1088/0305-4470/36/22/332;
PII
S0305-4470(03)54986-1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General
Journal Volume
36
Journal Issue
22
Journal Page Range
p. 6069-6076
ISSN
0305-4470
CODEN
JPHAC5

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
34044148
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
GERMANIUM; HOLES; HYDROGEN; INTEGRALS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; PLASMA; TEMPERATURE RANGE OVER 4000 K; THERMODYNAMICS
Descriptors DEC
CALCULATION METHODS; ELEMENTS; METALS; NONMETALS; TEMPERATURE RANGE