Electron scattering in hot/warm plasmas

Electrical and thermal conductivities are presented for aluminum, iron and copper plasmas at various temperatures, and for gold between 15,000 and 30,000 K. The calculations are based on the continuum wave functions computed in the potential of the temperature and density dependent self-consistent ‘average atom’ (AA) model of the plasma. The cross-sections are calculated by using the phase shifts of the continuum electron wave functions and also in the Born approximation. We show the combined effect of the thermal and radiative transport on the effective Rosseland mean opacities at temperatures from 1 to 1000 eV. Comparisons with low temperature experimental data are also presented.