Dislocation-mediated melting: the one-component plasma limit.
The melting parameter Gamma(m) of a classical one-component plasma is estimated using a relation between the melting temperature, density, shear modulus, and a crystal coordination number that follows from our model of dislocation-mediated melting. We obtain gamma(m)=172+/-35, in good agreement with the results of numerous Monte Carlo calculations.
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Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA. BURAKOV@LANL.GOV
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