Molecular dynamics studies of crystalline nucleation in one-component Yukawa plasmas

摘要

We report on molecular dynamics studies of one-component Yukawa plasmas undergoing rapid quenches from a fluid state with a Coulomb parameter (Gamma) = 40 to solid states in the range 350 < (Gamma) < 800. The detailed dynamical structure of ordering appears more complicated than results from classical theories of nucleation, with planar formation being observed before fully 3-dimensional ordering appears.