Structure of spherical three-dimensional Coulomb crystals.
An analysis of the structural properties of three-dimensional Coulomb clusters confined in a spherical parabolic trap is presented. Based on extensive high-accuracy computer simulations the shell configurations and energies for particle numbers in the range 60 < or = N < or = 160 are reported. Further, the intrashell symmetry and the lowest metastable configurations are analyzed for small clusters and a different type of excited state that does not involve a change of shell configuration is identified.
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Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Leibnizstrasse 15, 24098 Kiel, Germany.
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