Speaker
Charles Starrett
(Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States)
Description
Material properties of warm dense matter, like equation of state and conductivity, are needed for modeling stars, fusion plasmas, and high-energy-density experiments. Since the beginning of this field, average atom models have been used to provide such data. In this talk, I will give an abridged introduction, historical perspective, and review of modern average atom models and methods. I will highlight their strengths and discuss recent approaches to improvements on both the physical model and numerical stability.
Primary author
Charles Starrett
(Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States)
