Electron crystallization and bifurcation theory
Abstract
The bifurcation of periodic solutions is a necessary, but not a sufficient, condition for electron crystallization. Consequently, the crystallization domain in phase space may be considerably smaller than the bifurcation domain.
- Publication:
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Physics Letters A
- Pub Date:
- September 1981
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0375-9601(81)90637-X
- Bibcode:
- 1981PhLA...85...45C
- Keywords:
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- Branching (Mathematics);
- Crystallization;
- Electron Gas;
- Solid State Physics;
- Electron Density (Concentration);
- Electron Energy;
- Free Energy;
- Numerical Stability;
- Physics (General)