Molecular-dynamics simulations of dynamic phenomena in complex plasmas

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 38, Issue 9 PART 1, 2010, Pages 2412-2417

  Durniak, Cline ^a   Samsonov, Dmitry ^a   Oxtoby, Neil P ^a   Ralph, Jason F ^a   Zhdanov, Sergey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complex (dusty) plasma; lattice waves; molecular dynamics (MD) simulation; particle tracking; shock wave; soliton; soliton interaction; state estimator; tsunami

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX (DUSTY) PLASMA; LATTICE WAVES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PARTICLE TRACKING; SOLITON INTERACTION; STATE ESTIMATORS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOLAYERS; PLASMA THEORY; SHOCK WAVES; STATE ESTIMATION; TSUNAMIS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SOLITONS;

EID: 77956616781     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2010.2051563     Document Type: Conference Paper

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