title: Molecular dynamics simulations of detonation instability.
abstract: After making modifications to the reactive empirical bond-order potential for molecular dynamics (MD) of Brenner et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett.70, 2174 (1993); 76, 2202(E) (1996)] in order to make the model behave in a more conventional manner, we discover that the updated model exhibits detonation instability, a first for MD. The instability is analyzed in terms of the accepted theory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Heim
authors.forename: Niels
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Grønbech-Jensen
authors.forename: Edward M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Kober
authors.forename: Timothy C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Germann