Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
2012-04-26
A. Radzvilavicius and E. Anisimovas, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 23, 385301 (2011)
Physics
Plasma Physics
14 pages, 8 figures. This is an author-created, un-copyedited version of an article accepted for publication in J. Phys.: Cond
Scientific paper
10.1088/0953-8984/23/38/385301
The most energetically favourable arrangement of low-density electrons in an infinite two-dimensional plane is the ordered triangular Wigner lattice. However, in most instances of contemporary interest one deals instead with finite clusters of strongly interacting particles localized in potential traps, for example, in complex plasmas. In the current contribution we study distribution of topological defects in two-dimensional Coulomb clusters with parabolic lateral confinement. The minima hopping algorithm based on molecular dynamics is used to efficiently locate the ground- and low-energy metastable states, and their structure is analyzed by means of the Delaunay triangulation. The size, structure and distribution of geometry-induced lattice imperfections strongly depends on the system size and the energetic state. Besides isolated disclinations and dislocations, classification of defect motifs includes defect compounds --- grain boundaries, rosette defects, vacancies and interstitial particles. Proliferation of defects in metastable configurations destroys the orientational order of the Wigner lattice.
Anisimovas Egidijus
Radzvilavičius Arūnas
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