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Structural transition in small gas-like clusters

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We propose a model, which is an alternative to the droplet model and presumes that the number of bonds between the atoms is a minimum, to describe highly excited clusters containing a small number of atoms. It is shown that at sufficiently high temperatures such a structure, which has the form of a system of spontaneously appearing chains of atoms (virtual chains),is realized with a greater probability than the close-packed structure. Analytic estimates are supported by the results of numerical molecular-dynamics simulations.

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Zh. Éksp. Teor. Fiz. 113, 181–190 (January 1998)

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Zhukhovitskii, D.I. Structural transition in small gas-like clusters. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 86, 101–106 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.558473

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