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The method of ab initio molecular dynamics, based on finite-temperature density-functional theory, is used to simulate laser heating of crystalline silicon. We found that a high concentration of excited electrons dramatically weakens the covalent bonding. As a result the system undergoes a melting transition to a metallic state. We studied several structural, dynamical, electronic, and bonding properties of this phase of silicon. In contrast to ordinary liquid silicon, this liquid is characterized by a high coordination number and a strong reduction of covalent-bonding effects. However this phase is transient. In fact, by strongly reducing the level of electronic excitation, liquid silicon reverts very rapidly to its usual properties
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