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Quantum Molecular Dynamics
This image shows the results of a quantum molecular dynamics (QMD) calculation of the electrical conductivity of aluminum as a function of material density. The complex structure of the electron density is depicted here. These types of ab-initio calculations are being used to develop improved electrical conductivity models in ALEGRA-HEDP, an ASC-funded, high energy-density physics code, used in simulating Z-pinch and other magneto hydrodynamic (MHD) phenomena.