Specific Heat of Electron Plasma Waves,Physical Review Letters

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Specific Heat of Electron Plasma Waves
Physical Review Letters ( IF 8.1 ) Pub Date : 2023-05-31 , DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.225101
J R Rygg _{1,

2,

3} , P M Celliers ₄ , G W Collins _{1,

2,

3}

Affiliation

Collective modes in a plasma, like phonons in a solid, contribute to a material’s equation of state and transport properties, but the long wavelengths of these modes are difficult to simulate with today’s finite-size quantum simulation techniques. A simple Debye-type calculation of the specific heat of electron plasma waves is presented, yielding up to

0.05 k / e^{-}

for warm dense matter (WDM), where thermal and Fermi energies are near

1 Ry = 13.6 eV

. This overlooked energy reservoir is sufficient to explain reported compression differences between theoretical hydrogen models and shock experiments. Such an additional specific heat contribution refines our understanding of systems passing through the WDM regime, such as the convective threshold in low-mass main-sequence stars, white dwarf envelopes, and substellar objects; WDM x-ray scattering experiments; and the compression of inertial confinement fusion fuels.

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