REACTION ZONES AND QUENCHED CHARGED-PARTICLE SYSTEMS WITH LONG-RANGE INTERACTIONS

Authors
Citation
Ad. Rutenberg, REACTION ZONES AND QUENCHED CHARGED-PARTICLE SYSTEMS WITH LONG-RANGE INTERACTIONS, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 58(3), 1998, pp. 2918-2930
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Physycs, Mathematical","Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
ISSN journal
1063651X
Volume
58
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Part
A
Pages
2918 - 2930
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(1998)58:3<2918:RZAQCS>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
We determine the evolving segregated or mixed morphology of charged-pa rticle systems with long-range power-law interactions and overall char ge neutrality that have been quenched to a low temperature. Segregated morphology systems are characterized by the size of uniformly charged domains, L(t), the particle separation within the domains, l(AA)(t), the particle flux density leaving the domains, J(t), the width of reac tion zones between domains, W(t), the particle spacing within the reac tion zones, l(AB)(t), and the particle lifetime in the reaction zones, tau(t). Mixed morphology systems are essentially one large reaction z one, with L similar to l(AB)similar to l(AA). By relating these quanti ties through the scaling behavior of particle fluxes and microscopic a nnihilation rates within reaction zones, we determine the characterist ic time exponents of these quantities at late times, The morphology of the system, segregated or mixed, is also determined self-consistently . With this unified approach, we consider systems with diffusion and/o r long-range interactions, and with either uncorrelated or correlated high-temperature initial conditions. Finally, we discuss systems with particlelike topological defects and electronic systems in various sub strate dimensions-including quantum Hall devices with Skyrmions.