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Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University 40巻 1号
2006-01 発行

Melting of Spherical Yukawa Clusters Analyzed by Monte CarloSimulation

小川 貴史 Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University
東辻 千枝子 Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University
鶴田 健二 Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University ORCID Kaken ID publons researchmap
東辻 浩夫 Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University
Publication Date
2006-01
Abstract
We analyze the melting of spherical Yukawa clusters by Monte Carlo simulations. Spherical clusters are expected to be found in dusty plasmas in an isotropic environment such as microgravity and serve as a model for classical clusters. We obtain the specific heat through fluctuations of the potential energy and identify its peak as the transition temperature. Melting temperatures are compared with those of bulk Yukawa systems and it is confirmed that the melting temperature increases and approaches the bulk value with the increase of the system size.
ISSN
0475-0071
NCID
AA10699856
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