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Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University volume39 issue1
2005-01 発行

Large-Scale Molecular Dynamics Simulation of CoulombClusters: A Finite-Temperature Analysis

Kanamori, Katsuya
Totsuji, Chieko
Totsuji, Hiroo
Publication Date
2005-01
Abstract
Thermal behavior of Coulomb clusters in a three dimensional confining potential is investigated by molecular dynamics simulations for system sizes of 1,000 to 20,288 ions. The specific heat of the system of shell-structured 20,000 ions is peaked almost at the same temperature as the system of bcc-structured 20,288 ions with much sharper structure for the latter. The diffusion coefficient and the peak to valley ratio of the two-dimensional pair distribution function on the outermost shell are obtained both as a function of temperature. The rotational movement of each shell in the system of 104 ions is observed.
ISSN
0475-0071
NCID
AA10699856
NAID