Plasma Phase Transition in Dense Hydrogen and Electron-Hole Plasmas

Abstract

Plasma phase transitions (PPT) in dense hydrogen and electron-hole plasma are investigated by direct path integral Monte Carlo methods (DPIMC). 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 results are found for high-density hydrogen. For a temperature of T = 10,000K it is shown that the internal energy is lowered due to droplet formation for densities between 10(exp 23) /cu cm and 10(exp 24) /cu cm.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 20, 2003
Accession Number
ADP014937

Entities

People

  • M. Bonitz
  • P. Levashov
  • V. E. Fortov
  • V. S. Filinov
  • W. Ebeling

Organizations

  • Russian Academy of Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Band Structures
  • Boundaries
  • Density Functional Theory
  • Electron Holes
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • High Density
  • Hydrogen
  • Integrals
  • Ionized Gases
  • Low Temperature
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Path Integrals
  • Phase Transformations
  • Technical Information Centers
  • Thermodynamic Properties
  • Transitions

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics