Nature Communications (Aug 2020)

Electronic correlations and transport in iron at Earth’s core conditions

  • L. V. Pourovskii,
  • J. Mravlje,
  • M. Pozzo,
  • D. Alfè

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18003-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The heat and electrical conductivity of Earth’s core matter represent key input quantities for geophysical models of the Earth’s core evolution and geodynamo. Here, the authors show how the scattering due to interactions between electrons has a relatively weak impact on the electrical and thermal conductivities of iron at core conditions.