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Dense plasmas in astrophysics: from giant planets to neutron stars

Astrophysics 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

We briefly examine the properties of dense plasmas characteristic of the interior of giant planets and the atmospheres of neutron stars. Special attention is devoted to the equation of state of hydrogen and helium at high density and to the effect of magnetic fields on the properties of dense matter.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0511803,
  title  = {Dense plasmas in astrophysics: from giant planets to neutron stars},
  author = {G. Chabrier and D. Saumon and A. Potekhin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0511803},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

Invited Review, Strongly Coupled Coulomb Systems, Moscow June 2005; to appear in Journal of Physics A