Coulomb Plasmas in Outer Envelopes of Neutron Stars

Outer envelopes of neutron stars consist mostly of fully ionized, strongly coupled Coulomb plasmas characterized by typical densities ρ ∼ 10 4 -10 11 g cm -3 and temperatures T ∼ 10 4 -10 9 K. Many neutron stars possess magnetic fields B ∼ 10 11 -10 14 G. Recent theoretical advances allow one to calculate thermodynamic functions and electron transport coefficients for such plasmas with an accuracy required for theoretical interpretation of observations.

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