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Phys. Rev. E 78, 026409 (2008) [6 pages]

Superdiffusion in quasi-two-dimensional Yukawa liquids

T. Ott and M. Bonitz
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Leibnizstraße 15, 24098 Kiel, Germany

Z. Donkó and P. Hartmann
Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 49, H-1525 Budapest, Hungary
Received 4 June 2008; published 19 August 2008

The emergence and vanishing of superdiffusion in quasi-two-dimensional Yukawa systems are investigated by molecular dynamics simulations. Using both the asymptotic behavior of the mean-squared displacement of the particles and the long-time tail of the velocity autocorrelation function as indicators of superdiffusion, we confirm the existence of a transition from normal diffusion to superdiffusion in systems changing from a three-dimensional to a two-dimensional character. A connection between superdiffusion and dimensionality is established by the behavior of the projected pair distribution function.

©2008 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.78.026409
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.78.026409
PACS: 52.27.Gr; 52.27.Lw; 82.70.Dd; 66.10.cg
KEYWORDS: diffusion, molecular dynamics method

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