Classical Nucleation Theory of the One-Component Plasma

Details Classical Nucleation Theory of the One-Component Plasma Classical Nucleation Theory of the One-Component Plasma

2008-04-21

arxiv.org/abs/0804.3404v1

Phys.Rev.E77:056405,2008

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

6 pages, 1 figure, accepted by PRE

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.77.056405

We investigate the crystallization rate of a one-component plasma (OCP) in the context of classical nucleation theory. From our derivation of the free energy of an arbitrary distribution of solid clusters embedded in a liquid phase, we derive the steady-state nucleation rate of an OCP as a function of the Coulomb coupling parameter. Our result for the rate is in accord with recent molecular dynamics simulations, but it is greater than that of previous analytical estimates by many orders of magnitude. Further molecular dynamics simulations of the nucleation rate of a supercooled liquid OCP for several values of the coupling parameter would clarify the physics of this process.

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