Atomic Ionization and Molecular Dissociation in a Hydrogen Gas within the Physical Picture

We study a hydrogen gas at low densities within the physical picture. Recombination processes leading to the formation of atoms and molecules are properly taken into account via the well‐known Ebeling function and a new four‐body partition function. Our method provides a reliable equation of state which covers the plasma, atomic and molecular phases (© 2011 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

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