MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS OF DENSE-PLASMAS

Authors
COLLINS LA KRESS JD LYNCH DL TROULLIER N
Citation
La. Collins et al., MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS OF DENSE-PLASMAS, Journal of quantitative spectroscopy & radiative transfer, 51(1-2), 1994, pp. 65-75
Citations number
68
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy
Journal title
Journal of quantitative spectroscopy & radiative transfer → ACNP
ISSN journal
00224073
Volume
51
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
65 - 75
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4073(1994)51:1-2<65:MSOD>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We have developed a method for modeling a hot, dense, ionized medium t hrough a molecular dynamics simulation for a large collection of atoms . The nuclei are moved according to the classical equations of motion while the forces are determined quantum mechanically. We employ three quantum mechanical approaches: density-functional, extended Huckel, an d tight-binding. We present results for liquid sodium and for hydrogen at high compressions and intermediate temperatures.