PHYSICS OF GASES, PLASMAS, AND ELECTRIC DISCHARGES |
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Self-Organization of Charged Particulates in the Presence of External Force |
You-Mei Wang1**, Qi Chen1, Ming-Young Yu2,3 |
1Department of Physics, School of Science, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018 2Institute for Fusion Theory and Simulation and Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027 3Institute for Theoretical Physics I, Ruhr University, Bochum D-44780, Germany
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You-Mei Wang, Qi Chen, Ming-Young Yu 2017 Chin. Phys. Lett. 34 035203 |
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Abstract Evolution of spatial distribution of charged particulates under the action of an external force is investigated. It is found that starting from a homogeneous Maxwellian distribution of particulates, clusters can form and aggregate. The evolution process, as well as the asymptotic number and configuration of the clusters formed, depends strongly on the strength of the external force. The particulates in most of the final clusters are in the crystal state, as can also be deduced from the corresponding velocity and auto-correlation functions.
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Received: 31 October 2016
Published: 28 February 2017
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Fund: Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province under Grant No LY15A050001, the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 11247007 and 11374262, and the Open Fund of the State Key Laboratory of High-Field Laser Physics at SIOM. |
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