Coulomb explosion of uniformly charged spheroids
Plasma Physics
2011-12-19 v3
Abstract
A simple, semi-analytical model is proposed for non-relativistic Coulomb explosion of a uniformly charged spheroid. This model allows us to derive the time-dependent particle energy distributions. Simple expressions are also given for the characteristic explosion time and maximum particle energies in the limits of extreme prolate and oblate spheroids as well as for the sphere. Results of particle simulations are found to be in remarkably good agreement with the model.
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@article{arxiv.1105.0409,
title = {Coulomb explosion of uniformly charged spheroids},
author = {M. Grech and R. Nuter and A. Mikaberidze and P. Di Cintio and L. Gremillet and E. Lefebvre and U. Saalmann and J. M. Rost and S. Skupin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.0409},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
11 pages, 10 figures