METASTABLE STATES OF A CHARGED ELLIPSOIDAL DROP

Authors
SHCHUKIN SI GRIGOREV AI
Citation
Si. Shchukin et Ai. Grigorev, METASTABLE STATES OF A CHARGED ELLIPSOIDAL DROP, Technical physics letters, 24(4), 1998, pp. 277-279
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Technical physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10637850
Volume
24
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
277 - 279
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-7850(1998)24:4<277:MSOACE>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The stability of charged prolate-spheroidal drops of an ideally conduc ting liquid is investigated on the basis of the principle of minimum p otential energy of a closed system in a state of equilibrium. It is sh own that metastable states exist in a certain range of charges and sph eroidal deformations. (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics. [S1063-7 850(98)01204-X].