Dislocation-mediated melting: The one-component plasma limit - art. no. 067402

The melting parameter Gamma (m) of a classical one-component plasma is esti mated using a relation between the melting temperature, density, shear modu lus, and a crystal coordination number that follows from our model of dislo cation-mediated melting. We obtain Gamma (m) = 172 +/- 35, in good agreemen t with the results of numerous Monte Carlo calculations.