Statistical mechanics of two-dimensional coulomb systems: III. Dynamic properties of the two-dimensional one-component plasma

✍ Scribed by S.W. de Leeuw; J.W. Perram; E.R. Smith

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1983
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 665 KB
• Volume: 119
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0378-4371
• DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(83)90102-4

✦ Synopsis

The dynamic properties of the classical two-dimensional plasma are studied using the method of molecular dynamics. The properties are found to be similar to those of its 3-dimensional counterpart. A negative plasmon dispersion is observed. The long time behaviour of the velocity autocorrelation function is studied in detail. Its asymptotic decay can be described accurately by a function of the form z(l) = t '(a + b cos(o,,t + a)) in qualitative agreement with the predictions of linearized hydrodynamics.