TY - JOUR
T1 - Binding energy, microstructure, and shell model of Coulomb clusters
AU - Tsuruta, Kenji
AU - Ichimaru, Setsuo
PY - 1993/1/1
Y1 - 1993/1/1
N2 - By computer-simulation and analytic studies for binding energies and microscopic shell structures, it is shown that Coulomb clusters assume particularly stable configurations at certain magic numbers of particles. Through analyses with the spherical Voronoi numbers, a special role that the icosahedral geometry plays in shaping the particle configurations on the spherical surfaces is elucidated. Gross features in the cluster structures, such as the shell radii and intershell partition of particles, are well accounted for by an appropriate shell model.
AB - By computer-simulation and analytic studies for binding energies and microscopic shell structures, it is shown that Coulomb clusters assume particularly stable configurations at certain magic numbers of particles. Through analyses with the spherical Voronoi numbers, a special role that the icosahedral geometry plays in shaping the particle configurations on the spherical surfaces is elucidated. Gross features in the cluster structures, such as the shell radii and intershell partition of particles, are well accounted for by an appropriate shell model.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.48.1339
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.48.1339
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000118665
VL - 48
SP - 1339
EP - 1344
JO - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
JF - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
SN - 1050-2947
IS - 2
ER -