1. Structural Properties and Melting of 2D-Plasma Crystals
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S. K. Zhdanov, D. Samsonov, Uwe Konopka, Gregor E. Morfill, and Christina A. Knapek
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Phase transition ,Materials science ,Thermodynamics ,Crystal structure ,Plasma ,Kinetic energy ,Crystal ,Coupling parameter ,Condensed Matter::Superconductivity ,Monolayer ,Coulomb ,sense organs ,Atomic physics ,skin and connective tissue diseases - Abstract
Melting of a monolayer plasma crystal was induced by an electric pulse. We investigated, how structural parameters like defect fraction and correlation lengths as well as dynamical properties like the particle kinetic energy changed during the recrystallisation. As an indication of the phase transition, the change of the Lindemann parameter and the Coulomb coupling parameter were considered.
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- 2005
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