Ground state of a confined Yukawa plasma
Plasma Physics
2009-11-13 v1
Abstract
The ground state of an externally confined one-component Yukawa plasma is derived analytically. In particular, the radial density profile is computed. The results agree very well with computer simulations on three-dimensional spherical Coulomb crystals. We conclude in presenting an exact equation for the density distribution for a confinement potential of arbitrary geometry.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0607203,
title = {Ground state of a confined Yukawa plasma},
author = {C. Henning and H. Baumgartner and A. Piel and P. Ludwig and V. Golubnichiy and M. Bonitz and D. Block},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0607203},
year = {2009}
}
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5 pages, 4 figures