Structure and phase transition of a two-dimensional dusty plasma

• 来源期刊: 中国物理(英文版)
• 关键词: dusty plasma phase transition molecular dynamics simulation
• 年，卷（期）: 2003,（7）
• 页码范围: 765-770
• 页数: 6页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

The structure and phase transition of a two-dimensional (2D) dusty plasma have been investigated in detail bymolecular dynamics simulation. Pair correlation function, static structure factor, mean square displacement, and bondangle correlation function have been calculated to characterize the structural properties. The variation of internalenergy, shear modulus, particle trajectories and structural properties with temperature has been monitored to studythe phase transition of the 2D dusty plasma system. The simulation results are in favour of a two-step continuoustransition for this kind of plasma.