Path integral Monte Carlo simulations of warm dense aluminum.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
We perform first-principles path integral Monte Carlo (PIMC) and density functional theory molecular dynamics (DFT-MD) calculations to explore warm dense matter states of aluminum. Our equation of state (EOS) simulations cover a wide density-temperature range of 0.1-32.4gcm^{-3} and 10^{4}-10^{8} K. Since PIMC and DFT-MD accurately treat effects of the atomic shell structure, we find two compression maxima along the principal Hugoniot curve attributed to K-shell and L-shell ionization. The results provide a benchmark for widely used EOS tables, such as SESAME, QEOS, and models based on Thomas-Fermi and average-atom techniques. A subsequent multishock analysis provides a quantitative assessment for how much heating occurs relative to an isentrope in multishock experiments. Finally, we compute heat capacity, pair-correlation functions, the electronic density of states, and 〈Z〉 to reveal the evolution of the plasma structure and ionization behavior.