Crystallization of the one-component plasma at finite temperature

M. D. Jones, D. M. Ceperley

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Abstract

We have determined the coexistence at positive temperature between a Wigner crystal and a fluid plasma using path integral Monte Carlo. The total energies are significantly different from classical and semiclassical predictions. The location of the phase transition between liquid and solid is higher in temperature than predicted by a generalized Lindemann criterion. Some features of the phase diagram can be understood using a novel application of the Clausius-Clapeyron equation. We find a maximum melting temperature of 6.0(5) × 10-5 Ry at rs = 180(20).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)4572-4575
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume76
Issue number24
DOIs
StatePublished - 1996

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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