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Electronic transport coefficients from density functional theory across the plasma plane.
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Physical review. E [Phys Rev E] 2022 Jun; Vol. 105 (6-2), pp. 065204. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- We investigate the thermopower and Lorenz number of hydrogen with Kohn-Sham density functional theory (DFT) across the plasma plane toward the near-classical limit, i.e., weakly degenerate and weakly coupled states. Our results are in concordance with certain limiting values for the Lorentz plasma, a model system which only considers electron-ion scattering. Thereby, we clearly show that the widely used method of calculating transport properties via the Kubo-Greenwood (KG) formalism does not capture electron-electron scattering processes. Our discussion also addresses the inadequateness of assuming a Drude-like frequency behavior for the conductivity of nondegenerate plasmas by revisiting the relaxation time approximation within kinetic theory.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2470-0053
- Volume :
- 105
- Issue :
- 6-2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Physical review. E
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 35854489
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.105.065204