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Kinetic Theory for Electronic Transport Properties of Warm Dense Matter: Chapman-Enskog Solution of the Uehling-Uhlenbeck Equationtranslating…
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arXiv:2606.02890v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: A kinetic theory is developed to describe the electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and electrothermal coefficients in warm dense plasmas. It models electron degeneracy using the Uehling-Uhlenbeck equation, diffraction by computing scattering cross sections quantum mechanically, and strong coupling by treating the scattering events using the potential of mean force. A key advancement detailed here is the development of a Chapman-Enskog so