Hypernetted chain calculations for two-component plasmas

Abstract

We have performed HNC calculations for dense beryllium plasma as studied experimentally using x-ray Thomson scattering, recently. We treated non-equilibrium situations with different electron and ion temperatures which are relevant in pump-probe experiments on ultra-short time scales. To consider quantum effects adequately, we used effective pair potentials to describe the interactions. Results are compared with classical as well as quantum corrected Debye model calculations.

7 pages, 4 figures. Contribution to the 12th International Workshop on the Physics of Non-Ideal Plasmas PNP 12, Sept. 4 - 8, 2006, Darmstadt, Germany. To appear in Contrib. Plasma Phys