Radzvilavičius, A;
Rancova, O;
Anisimovas, E;
(2012)
Dimensional transitions in small Yukawa clusters.
Physical Review E
, 86
(1)
, Article 016404. 10.1103/PhysRevE.86.016404.
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Abstract
We provide a detailed analysis of structural transitions leading to rapid changes in the dimensionality of small Yukawa clusters. These transformations are induced by variations in the shape of confinement as well as the screening strength. We show that even in the most primitive systems composed of only a few strongly interacting particles, the order parameter exhibits a power-law behavior in the vicinity of the critical point of the continuous transition. The critical exponent γ=1/2 is found to be universal in all studied cases, which is consistent with the general theory of continuous phase transitions.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Dimensional transitions in small Yukawa clusters |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevE.86.016404 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.86.016404 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2012 American Physical Society |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1364034 |
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