Spontaneous disordering and symmetry breaking in complex plasmas
Plasma Physics
2010-04-22 v1
Abstract
Spontaneous symmetry breaking is an essential feature of modern science. We demonstrate that it also plays an important role in the physics of complex plasmas. Complex plasmas can serve as a powerful tool for observing and studying discrete types of symmetry and disordering at the kinetic level that numerous many-body systems exhibit.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1004.3690,
title = {Spontaneous disordering and symmetry breaking in complex plasmas},
author = {Sergey K. Zhdanov and Markus H. Thoma and Gregor E. Morfill},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1004.3690},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
14 pages, 4 figures, submited