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Metal–Insulator Transition in Dense Hydrogen

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We review state-of-the-art theoretical approaches to the metal–insulator transition in dense hydrogen by comparing advanced chemical models with ab initio simulation techniques as well as shock-wave experiments. Chemical models rely on the effective interaction potentials between the different species and a proper calculation of the density- and temperature-dependent partition functions. A common feature of chemical models is the occurrence of a first-order phase transition at high pressures, the plasma phase transition. Ab initio simulation techniques which avoid a discrimination of electron states into bound and free states by starting from a strict physical picture show up to now no clear signal of a first-order phase transition. However, the metal–insulator transition as experimentally deduced from electrical conductivity and the reflectivity measurements is very well reproduced.

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Redmer, R., Holst, B. (2010). Metal–Insulator Transition in Dense Hydrogen. In: Redmer, R., Hensel, F., Holst, B. (eds) Metal-to-Nonmetal Transitions. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 132. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03953-9_4

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