We briefly examine the properties of dense plasmas characteristic of the atmospheres of neutron stars and of the interior of massive white dwarfs. These astrophysical bodies are natural laboratories for studying respectively the problem of pressure ionization of hydrogen in a strong magnetic field and the crystallization of the quantum one-component plasma at finite temperature.
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