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A simplified version of the Car-Parrinello method, based on the Thomas-Fermi (local density) functional for the electrons, is adapted to the simulation of ionic dynamics in dense plasmas. The method is illustrated by an explicit application to a degenerate one-dimensional hydrogen plasma. The electronic pseudo-dynamics is discussed and static ionic solutions of the Thomas-Fermi equation are obtained by quenching. We show how the screening of interactions strongly affects ionic properties such as static structure factor or self diffusion constant.
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Clerouin, J., Zerah, G., Hansen, J.P. (1991). Plasma Simulations Using the Car-Parrinello Method. In: Meyer, M., Pontikis, V. (eds) Computer Simulation in Materials Science. NATO ASI Series, vol 205. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3546-7_25
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