Monte Carlo study of the classical two-dimensional one-component plasma
- 1. Laboratoire Associe au Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- 2. Laboratoire de Physique Theorique et Hautes Energies, Universite de Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France
Description
We present results from extensive Monte Carlo simulations of the fluid phase of the two--dimensional classical one--component plasma (OCP). The difficulties associated with the infinite range of the logarithmic Coulomb interaction are eliminated by confining the particles to the surface of a sphere. The results are compared to those obtained for a planar system with screened Coulomb interactions and periodic boundary conditions; in this case the infinite tail of the Coulomb interaction is treated as a perturbation. The ''exact'' simulation results are used to test various approximate theories, including a semiempirical modification of the hypernetted-chain (HNC) integral equation. The OCP freezing transition is located at a coupling GAMMA = e2/k/sub b/Tapprox. =140
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- J. Stat. Phys.
- Journal Volume
- 28
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Series
- J. Stat. Phys.
- Journal Page Range
- 325-345
- ISSN
- 0022-4715
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 14722071
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- COULOMB FIELD; COULOMB SCATTERING; COUPLING; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PLASMA SIMULATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- BASIC INTERACTIONS; ELASTIC SCATTERING; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; EQUATIONS; INTERACTIONS; SCATTERING; SIMULATION