Dense astrophysical plasmas
Plasma Physics
2009-11-07 v1 Astrophysics
Abstract
We briefly examine the properties of dense plasmas characteristic of the atmospheres of neutron stars and of the interior of massive white dwarfs. These astrophysical bodies are natural laboratories to study respectively the problem of pressure ionization of hydrogen in a strong magnetic field and the crystallization of the quantum one-component-plasma at finite temperature.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0211089,
title = {Dense astrophysical plasmas},
author = {G. Chabrier and F. Douchin and A. Y. Potekhin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0211089},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
8 pages, 3 figures, LaTeX using iopart.cls and iopart12.clo (included). In the special issue "Liquid State Theory: from White Dwarfs to Colloids" (International Conf. in the honor of Prof. J.-P. Hansen's 60th birthday, Les Houches, April 1-5, 2002)