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Quantum statistical mechanics of dense partially ionized hydrogen.The theory of dense hydrogenic plasmas beginning with the two component quantum grand partition function is reviewed. It is shown that ionization equilibrium and molecular dissociation equilibrium can be treated in the same manner with proper consideration of all two-body states. A quantum perturbation expansion is used to give an accurate calculation of the equation of state of the gas for any degree of dissociation and ionization. In this theory, the effective interaction between any two charges is the dynamic screened potential obtained from the plasma dielectric function. We make the static approximation; and we carry out detailed numerical calculations with the bound and scattering states of the Debye potential, using the Beth-Uhlenbeck form of the quantum second virial coefficient. We compare our results with calculations from the Saha equation.
Document ID
19730041084
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Dewitt, H. E.
Rogers, F. J.
(California, University Livermore, Calif., United States)
Date Acquired
August 7, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1972
Subject Category
Physics, Plasma
Accession Number
73A25886
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGL-16-001-043
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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