Molecular Dynamics simulation of dust clusters in plasmas

Physica Scripta

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 638-643

  Chen, Zhaoyang ^a   Yu, M Y ^b   Luo, Huaqiang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DUST CLUSTERS; DUST GRAINS; ELECTROSTATIC FORCES; ION CLUSTERS;

PLASMAS;

EID: 21544468871     PISSN: 00318949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-8949/71/6/010     Document Type: Article

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