Improved variational solutions of the Boltzmann-Ziman transport equation. Application to electronic transport in dense plasmas

Authors
Leger, D
Citation
D. Leger, Improved variational solutions of the Boltzmann-Ziman transport equation. Application to electronic transport in dense plasmas, PHYS LETT A, 258(1), 1999, pp. 38-46
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICS LETTERS A
ISSN journal
03759601 → ACNP
Volume
258
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
38 - 46
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(19990712)258:1<38:IVSOTB>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We study inelastic electron-ion scattering contributions to the thermoelect ronic transport coefficients in dense plasmas. They are deduced from improv ed variational solutions of the Boltzmann-Ziman equation explained in this work. A new expression for the thermopower is proposed which is evaluated i n the case of the dense hydrogen plasma. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.