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Publications [#314509] of Amanda Randles

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  1. Whitley, HD; Scullard, CR; Benedict, LX; Castor, JI; Randles, A; Glosli, JN; Richards, DF; Desjarlais, MP; Graziani, FR, Lenard-Balescu calculations and classical molecular dynamics simulations of electrical and thermal conductivities of hydrogen plasmas, Contributions to Plasma Physics, vol. 55 no. 2-3 (February, 2015), pp. 192-202, WILEY, ISSN 0863-1042 [doi]
    (last updated on 2024/03/28)

    Abstract:
    We present a discussion of kinetic theory treatments of linear electrical and thermal transport in hydrogen plasmas, for a regime of interest to inertial confinement fusion applications. In order to assess the accuracy of one of the more involved of these approaches, classical Lenard-Balescu theory, we perform classical molecular dynamics simulations of hydrogen plasmas using 2-body quantum statistical potentials and compute both electrical and thermal conductivity from our particle trajectories using the Kubo approach. Our classical Lenard-Balescu results employing the identical statistical potentials agree well with the simulations. Comparison between quantum Lenard-Balescu and classical Lenard-Balescu for conductivities then allows us to both validate and critique the use of various statistical potentials for the prediction of plasma transport properties. These findings complement our earlier MD/kinetic theory work on temperature equilibration [1], and reach similar conclusions as to which forms of statistical potentials best reproduce true quantum behavior.

 

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