title: Ground state of a confined Yukawa plasma.
abstract: The ground state of an externally confined one-component Yukawa plasma is derived analytically. In particular, the radial density profile is computed. The results agree very well with computer simulations of three-dimensional spherical Coulomb crystals. We conclude in presenting an exact equation for the density distribution for a confinement potential of arbitrary geometry.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, D-24098 Kiel, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Henning
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Baumgartner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Piel
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ludwig
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Golubnichiy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bonitz
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Block