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Clusters with close packing and filled shells

B. M. Smirnov

Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: Sequences of clusters with a short-range interaction of atoms which form symmetrical structures are constructed. Expressions for cluster parameters of some sequences at zero temperature are obtained within the framework of a general scheme. Distributions of atoms on cluster shells at finite temperatures are evaluated. An analysis sets up a correspondence between parameters of large clusters and macroscopic particles or macroscopic surfaces. The nature of the solid-liquid phase transition for clusters and other systems of atoms with a short-range interaction is discussed.

PACS: 36.40.Mr, 36.40.Ei

Received: February 4, 1993
Revised: April 22, 1993

DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0163.199310b.0029

 English version: Physics–Uspekhi, 1993, 36:10, 933–955