Liquid Drop Stability of a Superdeformed Prolate Semi-Spheroidal Atomic Cluster
Atomic and Molecular Clusters
2007-09-18 v3
Abstract
Analytical relationships for the surface and curvature energies of oblate and prolate semi-spheroidal atomic clusters have been obtained. By modifying the cluster shape from a spheroid to a semi-spheroid the most stable shape was changed from a sphere to a superdeformed prolate semi-spheroid (including the flat surface of the end cap). Potential energy surfaces vs. deformation and the number of atoms, N, illustrate this property independent of N.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0704.2193,
title = {Liquid Drop Stability of a Superdeformed Prolate Semi-Spheroidal Atomic Cluster},
author = {D. N. Poenaru and R. A. Gherghescu and A. V. Solov'yov and W. Greiner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0704.2193},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
5 pages, 3 figurex, revtex4