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Ohol~er
1984
The Thermal Conductivity
of an ArbitrarilyDense Plasma
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LOSES
anrilos
LosAlamosNationalLaboratory
LosAlamos,NewMexico87545
THE THERMRL CONDUCTIVITY
OF RN RRBXTRRRILY DENSE PLRSHR
by
George
Rinker
RBSTRRCT
reports
This
is
the second
in a series
of
concerning
the
transport
properties
of dense plasmas.
In this aork. we use the formalism
of
Lampe to extend
our
previous
calculations
of electrical
conductivity
to
thermal
conductivity
and
the
calculation
of
thermoelectric
coefficient.
Quantitative
result
are
temperatures
r nging
from
M -2
to
gi~en for iron at
-4 to 10sglcm3.
10 eV and for densities
from 3x1O
Lampe
for
[19681
has calculated
a weakly-coupled
Chapman-Enskog
Sonine
carried
is
Ct31CUliltiOtl
plasma
with
any
by
so[ving
out
method,
using
electrical
and thermal
degree
of
the
Fermi-statistical
transport
electron
degeneracy.
His
equation
by the
Lenard-Ba\escu
generalizations
coefficients
of
the first
two
polynomials.
The
physical
electron-electron
These
are
calculated
for
structure
electron
approximation
approximate
fluctuations.
coupling
at high
density.
report
[Rinker
of
the Ziman
and are
scheme
Our
valid
to
The validity
formula
for
much stronger
of
this
for
section
a method
structure
avoid
for
the
Born
effects
of
complote
using
and
couplings.
but
of
resistivity,
arbitrary
the shortcomings
electron-ion
is unknown.
use
and neg\ect
factors,
mu(tip(e-scattering
scheme
potentials.
his
the electrical
thus
logarithms.
Coulomb
Debye-shielded
cross
and
electron-ion
from
we described
realistic
compensate
with
by
principally
calculations
for
the
expressed
scattering
19841.
iOl)iC potentials,
degeneracy.
ultimately
arises
e(ectron-ion
analysis
for
incorporates
Born approximation
the
In a previous
self-consistent
are
using
of weak
approximation
partial-wave
he
interactions
The requirement
lattice
models
of Born
Ue use an
and density
we have obtained
good
1
for
agreement
liquid
generally
do as well
only
those
by
reproduce
metals
near
as theoretical
et
al.
[19821
equivalent
in the weak-coupling
results
combining
approach,
we
logarithm
with
electrical
Simply
a numerical
in
that
case
consistent
for
set
conduct,v,ty,
these
calculat~ons
than prev~ous
L&mpe’s
all
to have a ●,der
the present
highly
are
surpassed
parametrized
●e
for
to
expect
the
of val,d,
,on,z~t,on
ty
the formal
stateO
calculated
for
are
J = electr~c
current
e = electron
charge
~ = applied
electric
field
def,ned
●,th
respect
to the
transport
the
to be val~d
an ,nternally
electrical
coeff,c,ent.
,n temper~ture
ow
Coulomb
expression
se obta,n
th,s
In
our
Born approx~mathon
Thus
are
explo,t
wtth
reproduce
&nd thermoelectric
range
we
the electron-,on
h,s
the
equat,on
Ue expect
and
dens,ty
calculations.
coeff,c,ents
to
for
coeff4cAents.
modify
cond, t,ons.
ty.
work.
transport
not
choices
calculations
ad,us[ed
for
conduct,v,
where
2
IS
as
calculations
thermal
and
Lenard-Balescu
expression
do
Iogarlthm,
virtually
of
our calculations
appropriate
the
thermal
that
Ue
Coulomb
are
con~t,v,ty
Lampe”s
value
conductivity.
electron-electron
In
improved
replace
m,th
and
limit.
electrical
of Lampe to obtain
that
formula
Ziman
our
models
that
calculations
have shosn
factor.
by
In fact.
data.
structure
fact
the
point.
pseudopotent,al
pseudopotential
known conduction-band
Boercker
the melting
equ~t,ons
2
p = ~ ‘ee
‘e
~
‘ ‘T
= electron
‘e
‘ pressure
number density
T = temperature
heat
(j=
f{ux
~ = mean kinetic
The
electrical
constraint
conductivity
S,12=S21 Wi((
Lampe’s
reproduced
generalized
electron.
Uand
thermal
expressions
here.
In
the present
for
Chebyshev
of extreme
potential).
The
combinations
of
conductivity
c (*ith
to
the
the conventional
Fulierton
Each
integral
logarithms.
for
the
have not
has
because
with
has an asymptotic
as
where
S
they
involve
M
expansion
previously.
efficient
effective
is
the
expressions
numerically
factors
of
of
be
statistics.
highly
are
become
as many
not
been available
Lampe’s
ultimately
will
electron
obtained
(WkT>lk14,
fail
terms
and
These approximations
that
include
lengthy
Coulomb
[19821
degeneracy
functions
coefflc~ent.
rather
account
integrals
approximations
the
are
which
these
electron
thermoelectric
Sij
approximations.
combinations
be evaluated.
for
addition
application,
in cases
the
integrals.
expressions
10-decimal
be catted
explicit
Fermi-llirac
Flccurate
These
per
J=ldl are
The quantity
For
energy
except
chemical
conta,n
unstable.
the
integrals
to
the form
m
Ik(Z)
&Zk
~diZ-i
o
i=O
where
z=u/kT
i=
the
degeneracy
parameter.
The
instabilities
arise
through
3
cancellation
of
the
leading
terms
in z.
manipulations can be done
analytically
we have chosen
and equivalent
the easier
approximations,
combining
numerically
before
f!s
an
computation
for
of
the
for
10-2
the
ionization
accommodate
all
arise
~S
to 10sg/cm3.
bound
strongly
range
states
are
as kl
1 shows
2 shows the
ionization
state
formed
to
increases
apparent.
and
Surface
analysis.
partial-wave
to these
computed
the
readily
the
coupled
various
Figure
and Fig.
ionization
is
in
at
Temperatures
surface,
thermal
structure
iron
grid.
3x10-4
increases
p
of
the
results
previous
1-8 show numerically
sufficient
of
we consider
our
IOU densities~
3 and 4 show the electrical
peak near
and 3d states
metal.
In
other
temperature
Here
regions
no
and
point
of compar
our mode
The
states
iC)niz~tiOn
in
the
probably
not
probable
errors
point.
scattering,
of
and
p
physical
of at
comparisons
value
for
arises
from
which
kl,
the
conductivity
which
the
S-l.
The
of
the 4s
ionization
iron
makes
behavior
data
our model
electrical
the
of
of
138.6.
a
exist
is strictly
resistivity
the surprisingly
a
its
transition
electrical
good
the
The inapplicability
solid
of
of
of
2
phase
the model
of
with
other
the
model.
in
the
the
agreement
as experience
factor
in
regions
applicable.
good resutt
This
y significant,
least
U in the units
normal.
son is
gives
kl
d-nave
for
density
conductivity
at smatl
experimental
the experimental
additional
density
more nearly
is
Virtually
point.
normal
and the strong
conductivity
melting
coefficients
from
Figures
from
very
The onset
are
asymptotic
model.
sharp
With
because
coefficients
Figures
clear
kl-kl
shell
Instead.
Fullerton’s
procedure.
on a logarithmic
range
fit
from
terms.
evaluating
conductivity
19841.
plot.
ionization
irregularities
4
as
this
as a three-dimensional
electrons.
pressure
transport
[Rinker
Zi
as a contour
of
coefficients
and densities
state
the
and series
in.
electrical
and densities
zero
determining
application
and
the surviving
method of simply
transport
state
to 104eV.
approaches
present
the
the remaining
temperatures
same data
sets
and densities
from
of
of
ic)nizatit)n
temperatures
values
instability
example
to extract
and
them,
the expansions
In principle,
[iqUid
The only
at
118 ti(l~cm.
is
of
melting
compared
satisfying
elements
indicates
Table
at
room temperature
for
the solid
phase
but
I
gives
and at
is
the
readily
The
apparent.
experimentally,
calculated
the resistivity
This
decreased.
considered
decreases
presumably
arises
S and 6 show the
transition-metal
peak
magnitude
of
because
does
not
in
dramatically
from
electrical
conductivity,
is
negligible.
as
the
additional
with temperature
at
whereas
the
are
whereas
temperature
the
is
calculated
values
available
for
the
cm-is-i.
scattering,
Table
conductivity.
good
The
decrease
Table
“ Comparison
Of
and experimental
Phase
calculated
the
the melting
point
but
values
transport
monotonical
decrease
processes
lye
Experimental
T (K)
—
bUi(son
—
I
\
resistiv,ty
for
~c (~(’)ocm)
solid and
liquid
,d?
p (g/cm3)
nc
become
phase.
electrical
resistivity
gives
with
experimental
as additional
II
%
phase.
near
The
in relative
electron-electron
is
liquid
units
is smatler
the solid
lowered.
then rise
in
for
agreement
but
first
of
electrical
measurements
the
c
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
‘%east
is
processes not
transport
conductivity
process
temperature
not
conductivity
electrical
to
experimental
as the
measurements
the
contribute
with
deteriorates
thermal
the additional
comparisons
active,
dependence
here.
Figures
which
temperature
n8
~cdl
iron
~d\
~dl
—
Solid
7.86
293
13s
9.7a
Solid
7.36
1810
126
127.Sb
1.lXM-S
Liquid
7.0S
1810
118
138.6b
l.Ox10-s
1.3X1O-S
6.SX10-3
““0
2.4x10-4
[1983al.
[196S1.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------________________________________________________________________________________—
5
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Table
Comparison
of calculated
conductivity
Lx for solid
conductivity
and experimental
aUeast
thermal
II
cc(erg~K-ls-lcm-ll
iron at zero pressure
p (g/cm3)
T (K]
7.86
300
0.ssx106
8.03x106
7,76
600
~.f0xf06
S.47x106
7.66
900
1.68x106
3.80x106
7.S6
1200
2.26x106
2.82x106
7.46
1s00
2.86x106
3.18x106
C1983bl.
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Figures
7
and
8
show
the
Figures
9 and 10 show the conductive
related
simply to the thermal
thermoelectric
opacity
conductivity
Le in
coefficient
cm2g-1 .
Sj2
This
by
where
~sb/k
It
6
is
= 4.106g6XIfj11
included
here
for
S-l
cm-2
convenient
K-3
o
comparison
with
radiative
Opacities.
in cm-1s-1
quantity
.
is
Figures
11
electrical
result
and
and 2 are
where
assumed.
to 10-2,
The ratit)
temperature
arises
in both
1/2
low
density.
from errors
with
cases
the
of
in
and
Born
of
the Hubbard
our work.
Plotted
it)niz~tion
states
temperature
and Lampe do not
between
and
comparison
he regions
In
Hubbard
varies
a
calculations
conductivity
to theirs,
is set
~}S•P…»€•
2 show
2
their
throughout
The fact
approximation
it
and
the
ratio
of
this
where
is not
the
1
ratio
to be valid.
region
uniformly
differences
Of our
in Figs.
displayed
calculation
most
that
is
and density
consider
and Lampe [19691
in
high
of
1 apparently
the
structure
factor.
Figures
13-18
electron-electron
give
compwisons
contributions
with
the Lorentz
to thermal
conduction
gas model.
and
which
yields
neglects
the
simple
relationships
and
Figures
13 and 14 show the ratAo
of
result.
Deviation
ratio
from
electron
COlliSiOIIS,
density.
Figures
In
~ddition
regions
18
show
Large
ratio
deviations
change
the above
degeneracy
the
Figures
from
low temperature
These
region
(low
8S12/3L0
occur
for
high
19 and 20 display
a
are
thermal
important
nondegenerate
is readi
of
at
the
the
is
to the Lorentz
importance
intermediate
importance.
temperature
which
conductivity
indicates
1S and 16 show the same for
to
of high
1 in this
the
of
very
and high
identically
large
electrcm-
temperature
thermoelectric
and low
coefficient.
deviations
occur
Figures
density).
gas
1 in the Lorentz
17
in
and
gas model.
degeneracy.
the
degeneracy
system
parameter
to a degenerate
system
u/kT.
at high
The
dramatic
density
and
ly apparent.
7
The ion-ion
is
plotted
in Figs.
CrYStalliZatiOfl
va[ue
Values
at
given
is
at
are
phase
the
and
r=170
One-component
22.
for
any material
our model
at
solid
and
experimental
On the scale
hardly
of
the figures,
The heavy
visible.
I,ne
.
plasma
R rough
calculations
semiemp,rical
the zero-pressure
Ilquld
on F,g.
check
melting
densttles
differences
indicate
are
between
22 at
logr=2.2S
well
inside
on this
temperature.
r=204
these
and 190,
values
indicates
of
this
transition.
Figures
23 and 24 show the plasma
[h:]2,
where
21
constant
by evaluating
respectively.
r
ing
coupl
3thc12
kTR{HNc2
t$J iS the nuclear
Figures
r
,
mass.
2S and 26 shorn the
Rd
—= [3r]-1/2
frequency
,on,c
Debye radius
.
‘t
This
region
8
parameter
.
becomes
too small
to be meaningful
the
solid-phase
In Figs. 27 and 28. *e interpret
classical mean free path A, defined by
The quantity
to
equal
the
structure
as
is a suitable
are
wou(d
Fermi
momentum
dramatic
at
at
pF
the values
for
high
the electron
the
in Figs.
given
momentum
degeneracy.
near
low temperature
becomes completely
and
The effects
,s
of shell
metal-insulator
and dens,ty
1-4 a
transition.
(insulating
phase),
this
per
unit
meaningless.
29 is a contour
Figure
value
low temperature
Rt
be expected.
parameter
average
from
plot
of
the free
electron
number
dens,ty
volume.
Ue
expect
the
(see Fig. 221.
region
of
They should
feasible
be
to be retiable
particularly
useful
well
12 and 22:
Figs.
throughout
beyond
because
the
see also
the region
Itoh
they
extend
limits
imposed
et
1983.
al.
r<200
the
by
Born
Flitake
et
19841.
Difficulties
(ow
results
calculation
[compare
approximation
al.
present
are
temperature.
shell
altering
the potentials
the
long-range
systematic
Ue have
is clear
as
temperature.
of a great
difficulties
and it
the
investigated
not
arise
[see
crystal
Some efforts
way
shell
[Hubbard
purely
lab~es
from
structure
great
of
can be adjusted
with,n
for
~200.
more
of
In
temperature
in
this
results
limits by
to
the
and density
the
region
that
our approach
tightly
bound
for
Lee and tlore
empirical adjustment
at
absence
of
sotution.
have been made to account
and Lampe 1969.
our
be attached
of freedom
to accurate
I and 11)
becomes
cannot
region
many degrees
amenable
transition
phase
the sensitivity
significance
An this
problem
and is so far
the metal-insulator
arise
but
the
interaction
order
inadequate
used,
reality.
Further
occurs,
This
structure.
In
involves
near
These difficulties
to ionic
results.
encountered
schemes
crystallization
quick(y becomes
,n
relation
these
effects
1983.
Itoh
to force
et
al.
to the
In
a
19841.
our results
to
9
fit
solid-state
experimental
data.
It
fits, but whether
extrapolation
accurate
unavailable
regions
can be expected
is not particularly
these
of
to make sense
difficult
fits
remains
into
to produce
experimentally
to be seen.
RCKNOULEDGMENT
I
would
routines
like
to thank
L. U. Fullerton
ate the generalized
to Ca[CU
for
inventing
Fermi-Dirac
and providing
me with
integrals.
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