Abstract
The structure, dynamics, and thermodynamics of finite systems of two-dimensional particles interacting mutually through a shielded Coulomb potential, V(r) = e (−κr)/r, and bound together by an isotropic parabolic trap, are investigated by means of global optimization and simulation methods. As the range of the potential decreases, or as κ increases, the number of distinct minima rapidly increases for a given size and the cluster generally shrinks. Looking more specifically at selected sizes below 50, non- monotonic cluster size effects seem to dominate the energetics, chaotic dynamics, and thermodynamics, even though the melting point is weakly affected by the range of the potential.
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