Maximal Lyapunov exponent in small atomic clusters
- 1 April 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review E
- Vol. 51 (4) , 3376-3380
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.51.3376
Abstract
We study small clusters of atomic argon, , , and , in the temperature range where they undergo a transition from a solidlike phase to a liquidlike phase. The signature of the phase transition is clearly seen as a dramatic increase in the largest Lyapunov exponent as the cluster ‘‘melts.’’
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