Classical and quantum Coulomb crystals
Plasma Physics
2009-09-29 v1
Abstract
Strong correlation effects in classical and quantum plasmas are discussed. In particular, Coulomb (Wigner) crystallization phenomena are reviewed focusing on one-component non-neutral plasmas in traps and on macroscopic two-component neutral plasmas. The conditions for crystal formation in terms of critical values of the coupling parameters and the distance fluctuations and the phase diagram of Coulomb crystals are discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0801.0754,
title = {Classical and quantum Coulomb crystals},
author = {M. Bonitz and P. Ludwig and H. Baumgartner and C. Henning and A. Filinov and D. Block and O. Arp and A. Piel and S. Kading and Y. Ivanov and A. Melzer and H. Fehske and V. Filinov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.0754},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
19 pages, 6 figures