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Title
Structural transitions in a classical two-dimensional molecule system
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Abstract
The ground state of a classical two-dimensional (2D) system with a finite number of charge particles, trapped by two positive impurity charges localized at a distance (z(0)) from the. 2D plane and separated from each other by a distance chi(p) are obtained. The impurities are allowed to carry more than one positive charge. This classical system can form a 2D-like classical molecule that exhibits structural transitions and spontaneous symmetry breaking as function of the separation between the positive charges before it transforms into two 2D-like classical atoms. We also observe structural transitions as a function of the dielectric constant of the substrate which supports the charged particles, in addition to broken symmetry states and unbinding of particles. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Solid state communications. - New York, N.Y.
Publication
New York, N.Y. : 2002
ISSN
0038-1098
DOI
10.1016/S0038-1098(02)00157-6
Volume/pages
122 :12 (2002) , p. 665-669
ISI
000177129500008
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UAntwerpen
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Web of Science
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