title: Criteria of phase transitions in a complex plasma.
abstract: New empirical rules for different phase transitions (including the melting of cubic lattices and the transitions between body-centered-cubic and face-centered-cubic structures) are proposed. The arrangements of charged macroparticles in a complex "dusty" plasma are numerically investigated for the conditions of laboratory experiments on weakly ionized gas discharges.
authors.affiliation: Institute of High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, 13/19 Izhorskaya Street, Moscow 127412, Russia.
authors.forename: O S
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Vaulina
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Vladimirov
authors.forename: O F
authors.initials: OF
authors.lastname: Petrov
authors.forename: V E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Fortov