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Classical bridge functions in classical and quantum plasma liquids

F. Lucco Castello·P. Tolias·T. Dornheim
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Bridge functions, the missing link in the exact description of strong correlations, are indirectly extracted from specially designed molecular dynamics simulations of classical one-component plasma liquids and accurately parameterized. Their incorporation into an advanced integral equation theory description of Yukawa one-component plasma liquids and a novel dielectric formalism scheme for quantum one-component plasma liquids leads to an unprecedented agreement with available molecular dynamics simulations and new ab initio path integral Monte Carlo simulations, respectively.

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F. Lucco Castello, P. Tolias, T. Dornheim. 2022-05-17. Classical bridge functions in classical and quantum plasma liquids. https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075%2Fac7166

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