Semiclassical model for the ionic self-diffusion coefficient in white dwarfs

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Mar 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005phrve..71c6408d&link_type=abstract

Physical Review E, vol. 71, Issue 3, id. 036408

Physics

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Strongly-Coupled Plasmas, Faint Blue Stars, White Dwarfs, Degenerate Stars, Nuclei Of Planetary Nebulae, Transport Properties

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Under the extreme conditions of massive white dwarfs, which have ionic densities that exceed 1029cm-3 , the ions can be both very strongly coupled and partially degenerate. We present a simple model for self-diffusion in such white dwarfs that utilizes the known one-component plasma diffusion coefficient and scalings derived from the short-time expansions of the velocity autocorrelation function and the memory function. Since the ions are weakly degenerate, we utilize a simple semiclassical correction to the classical dynamics. We find enhanced diffusion, relative to the purely classical calculation, which is more significant at smaller values of the Coulomb coupling parameter.

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