ISSN:
1572-9613
Keywords:
Coulomb systems
;
plasmas
;
surface properties
;
strip geometry
;
correlations
;
sum rules
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract This paper considers a strip of two-dimensional one-component plasma of particles of chargeq at a temperatureT such that the coupling constant be Γ=q2/kBT = 2. The strip is of finite width and infinite length and bears charge densities on either edge. Inside the strip and on one side, the dielectric constant is 1; on the other side of the strip, it may be either 1 or 0 (in the latter case, image forces play an important role). The free energy as well as the one-particle and two-particle distribution functions can be exactly computed. They obey a variety of sum rules reflecting the Coulombic behavior of the system. At large separations the truncated two-particle distribution function behaves with algebraically decaying oscillations. The strip of finite width in fact is correlated along the strip much as a one-dimensional system is correlated.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01010926
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