Energy of Quantum Coulomb Liquid [HEAP]

http://arxiv.org/abs/1908.01600


Using Metropolis method to compute path integrals, the energy of quantum strongly-coupled Coulomb liquid ($1 \leq \Gamma \leq 175$) composed of distinguishable atomic nuclei and uniform incompressible electron background is calculated from first principles. The range of considered temperatures and densities represents fully-ionized layers of white dwarfs and neutron stars. In particular, the results allow one to determine reliably the heat capacity of ions in dense fluid stellar matter, which is a crucial ingredient for modelling thermal evolution of compact degenerate stars.

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D. Baiko
Tue, 6 Aug 19
30/76

Comments: 6 pages, 3 figures, accepted to MNRAS