Defect-free global minima in Thomson's problem of charges on a sphere

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Lewin Altschuler, Eric ^a   Pérez Garrido, Antonio ^b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COULOMBIC ENERGY; DEFECT-FREE GLOBAL MINIMA; THOMSON'S PROBLEM;

CRYSTAL LATTICES; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); INTERFACIAL ENERGY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

SURFACE TREATMENT;

EID: 33644754664     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.73.036108     Document Type: Article

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