Two-component plasma in a gravitational field
Statistical Mechanics
2009-10-28 v2 Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems
solv-int
Abstract
In this paper we study a model for the sedimentation equilibrium of a charged colloidal suspension: the two-dimensional two-component plasma in a gravitational field which is exactly solvable at a special value of the reduced inverse temperature Gamma=2. The density profiles are computed. The heavy particles accumulate at the bottom of the cointainer. If the container is high enough, an excess of light counterions form a cloud floating at some altitude.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9612105,
title = {Two-component plasma in a gravitational field},
author = {Gabriel Tellez},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9612105},
year = {2009}
}
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17 pages, 3 Encapsulated Postscript figures, LaTeX with the graphicx package