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Yukawa systems serve as models for plasmas and colloidal suspensions of charged particles. The state of these systems is determined by two dimensionless parameters: k = a/λ D , which is the ratio of the mean interparticle distance to the Debye length λ D , and Γ = Z 2d e 2/aT d , which is the ratio of the Coulomb potential energy to the particle temperature T d (Z d is the charge of each particle). We propose an empirical scaling law for the critical coupling parameter Γ c needed for crystallization in Yukawa systems. The dependence of Γ c on k is in good agreement with recent molecular dynamics simulations.
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From Zhurnal Éksperimental’no\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l}\) i Teoretichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l}\) Fiziki, Vol. 117, No. 2, 2000, pp. 326–328.
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Vaulina, O.S., Khrapak, S.A. Scaling law for the fluid-solid phase transition in Yukawa systems (dusty plasmas). J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 90, 287–289 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.559102
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