Current challenges in the physics of white dwarf stars

D Saumon, S Blouin, PE Tremblay - Physics Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
White dwarfs are a class of stars with unique physical properties. They present many
challenging problems whose solution requires advanced theories of dense matter, state-of …

The uniform electron gas at warm dense matter conditions

T Dornheim, S Groth, M Bonitz - Physics Reports, 2018 - Elsevier
Motivated by the current high interest in the field of warm dense matter research, in this
article we review the uniform electron gas (UEG) at finite temperature and over a broad …

Comparing Jupiter interior structure models to Juno gravity measurements and the role of a dilute core

SM Wahl, WB Hubbard, B Militzer… - Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The Juno spacecraft has measured Jupiter's low‐order, even gravitational moments, J2–J8,
to an unprecedented precision, providing important constraints on the density profile and …

[HTML][HTML] Electronic density response of warm dense matter

T Dornheim, ZA Moldabekov, K Ramakrishna… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Matter at extreme temperatures and pressures—commonly known as warm dense matter
(WDM)—is ubiquitous throughout our Universe and occurs in astrophysical objects such as …

[HTML][HTML] Ab initio simulation of warm dense matter

M Bonitz, T Dornheim, ZA Moldabekov, S Zhang… - Physics of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Warm dense matter (WDM)—an exotic state of highly compressed matter—has attracted
increased interest in recent years in astrophysics and for dense laboratory systems. At the …

The properties of hydrogen and helium under extreme conditions

JM McMahon, MA Morales, C Pierleoni… - Reviews of modern …, 2012 - APS
Hydrogen and helium are the most abundant elements in the Universe. They are also, in
principle, the most simple. Nonetheless, they display remarkable properties under extreme …

Evidence of hydrogen− helium immiscibility at Jupiter-interior conditions

S Brygoo, P Loubeyre, M Millot, JR Rygg, PM Celliers… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The phase behaviour of warm dense hydrogen− helium (H− He) mixtures affects our
understanding of the evolution of Jupiter and Saturn and their interior structures,. For …

First-principles equation of state database for warm dense matter computation

B Militzer, F González-Cataldo, S Zhang, KP Driver… - Physical Review E, 2021 - APS
We put together a first-principles equation of state (FPEOS) database for matter at extreme
conditions by combining results from path integral Monte Carlo and density functional …

Evidence for supercritical behaviour of high-pressure liquid hydrogen

B Cheng, G Mazzola, CJ Pickard, M Ceriotti - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Hydrogen, the simplest and most abundant element in the Universe, develops a remarkably
complex behaviour upon compression. Since Wigner predicted the dissociation and …

The Interior Structure, Composition, and Evolution ofáGiant Planets

JJ Fortney, N Nettelmann - Space Science Reviews, 2010 - Springer
We discuss our current understanding of the interior structure and thermal evolution of giant
planets. This includes the gas giants, such as Jupiter and Saturn, that are primarily …