Scientific Motivation

Quantum Molecular Dynamics (QMD) simulations [1,2,3] in conjunction with the Kubo-Greenwood formulation have accurately reproduced experimental results on electrical conductivity for a variety of species in regimes where strong coupling and partial degeneracy effects become important (Warm Dense Matter regime). This formulation has been extended to the computation of optical properties such as reflectivities and absorption coefficients [4]. That QMD approaches produce electrical and optical properties consistent with the Equation of State (EOS) highlights a particularly attractive advantage of these approaches for calibrating various modeling codes and comparing with experiment over a wide range of conditions. More complex problems, such as the dynamical and optical properties of mixtures, are also particularly suited to this type of approach.  While the QMD methods have witnessed an intense period of development and implementation, discovering the limits of their application remains an active and crucial endeavor.  The workshop aims at bringing together people involved in the Quantum Molecular Dynamics simulation of the electrical and optical of warm dense matter, experimentalists who provide the testbed for these procedures as well as people invoved in the modeling of this state of matter.

References:
[1] I. Kwon et al., PRE 54, 2844 (1996).
[2] M. Desjarlais et al.,  PRE 66, 025401(R) (2002).
[3] V. Recoules et all, PRE 66,  056412(2002).
[4] L. A. Collins et al. PRE 63, 184110 (2001).

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