Molecular dynamics studies of solid-liquid phase transition in 2-D Yukawa Systems

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2 II, 2007, Pages 332-336

  Hartmann, Péter ^a   Donkó, Zoltán ^a   Bakshi, Pradip M ^b   Kalman, Gabor J ^b   Kyrkos, Stamatios ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c LE MOYNE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

2 D Yukawa system; Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation; Phase transition; Strongly coupled plasma

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MELTING POINT; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PLASMA OSCILLATIONS;

EINSTEIN OSCILLATIONS; STRONGLY COUPLED PLASMA; YUKAWA SYSTEM;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 34247196989     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2007.894438     Document Type: Article

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