Formation Conditions and Stability Criteria for Small-Size Cluster Systems
- Authors: Vaulina O.S.1, Lisina I.I.1, Lisin E.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Joint Institute for High Temperatures
- Issue: Vol 44, No 2 (2018)
- Pages: 270-277
- Section: Nonideal Plasma
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1063-780X/article/view/186698
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X18020137
- ID: 186698
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Abstract
The formation conditions and stability criteria for small-size cluster systems consisting of several particles interacting via an arbitrary isotropic pair potential are considered. Analytical criteria for instability development in horizontal (quasi-two-dimensional) and vertical (chain) structures consisting of three, four, and five charged particles are obtained for the first time. A simple algorithm to search for similar criteria in systems consisting of a larger number of particles is proposed. The obtained relations are verified by numerically solving the problem for Yukawa systems.
About the authors
O. S. Vaulina
Joint Institute for High Temperatures
Author for correspondence.
Email: olga.vaulina@bk.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 125412
I. I. Lisina
Joint Institute for High Temperatures
Email: olga.vaulina@bk.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 125412
E. A. Lisin
Joint Institute for High Temperatures
Email: olga.vaulina@bk.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 125412