Modeling of clusters by a molecular dynamics model using a fast tree
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Authors: | G M Petrov J Davis |
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Institution: | (1) Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Ave SW, Washington, DC 20375, USA |
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Abstract: | The dynamics of clusters irradiated by a high-intensity ultrashort pulse
laser has been studied using a fully relativistic three-dimensional
Molecular Dynamics Model. A fast three-dimensional tree algorithm for
computing the electrostatic force has been developed and compared with the
conventional particle-particle method. The particle-particle method requires
computation time, which scales as O(Np
2), and it is faster for small
number of particles Np <103. In the opposite case of relatively large
ensemble of particles Np >103, the preferred method is the tree
algorithm whose computation time scales as O(Np log Np). The tree
algorithm has been benchmarked against the particle-particle method for
clusters composed of xenon and deuterium atoms and its accuracy and
computation time have been analyzed. The optimum free parameter of the tree
method has been determined to be θ≈0.5. We addressed the
effects of boundary conditions by studying the contribution of adjacent
clusters to the total electromagnetic force exerted on individual particles.
We found that the adjacent clusters play a minor role in the overall cluster
dynamics. |
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Keywords: | 52 38 -r Laser-plasma interactions 52 38 Ph X-ray gamma-ray and particle generation 52 50 Jm Plasma production and heating by laser beams |
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