NUCLEATION OF LONG-RANGE ORDER IN QUENCHED YUKAWA PLASMAS

Authors
HAMMERBERG JE HOLIAN BL RAVELO R
Citation
Je. Hammerberg et al., NUCLEATION OF LONG-RANGE ORDER IN QUENCHED YUKAWA PLASMAS, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 50(2), 1994, pp. 1372-1375
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Physycs, Mathematical","Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics → ACNP
ISSN journal
1063651X
Volume
50
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Part
B
Pages
1372 - 1375
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(1994)50:2<1372:NOLOIQ>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
We discuss the nucleation from glassy to crystalline order in quenched one-component Yukawa plasmas as studied by molecular dynamics. Rapid quenches from T greater-than-or-equal-to 4T(melt) to T less-than-or-eq ual-to 0.5T(melt) were studied and a range of Yukawa exponents were co nsidered for systems with up to 10 000 particles. We report on the eff ect of system size on nucleation and the relevance of classical nuclea tion theory to the observed nonequilibrium dynamics.