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A simple physical model of the metal-dielectric (vapor-liquid) phase transition in hypothetical (without molecules) atomic hydrogen is proposed. The reason for such a transition is the quantum collective cohesive energy occurring due to quantum electron-electron exchange similar to the cohesive energy in the liquid-metal phase of alkali metals. It is found that the critical parameters of the transition are P c ∼ 41000 atm, ρ c ∼ 0.1 g/cm3, and T c ∼ 9750 K.
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Original Russian Text © A.L. Khomkin, A.S. Shumikhin, 2013, published in Fizika Plazmy, 2013, Vol. 39, No. 10, pp. 958–963.
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Khomkin, A.L., Shumikhin, A.S. Phase transition into the metallic state in hypothetical (without molecules) dense atomic hydrogen. Plasma Phys. Rep. 39, 857–862 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X13100061
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