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The influence of density in ultracold neutral plasma.
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Physics of Plasmas . 2016, Vol. 23 Issue 12, p1-5. 5p. 5 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- We simulate the evolution of ultracold neutral plasmas using molecular dynamics calculations with open boundary conditions. The calculations use 6000 ions and 6000 electrons, respectively, with a quasi-real ion-electron mass ratio of mi=me = 1000. The simulated plasmas have both Gaussian and ordered initial distributions. While disorder-induced heating is absent in the initially ordered distributions, the ions are heated significantly by electron-ion collisions. We show that the value of the strong coupling parameter typically falls below 10 for realistic plasma densities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1070664X
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Physics of Plasmas
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 120258746
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4969086