Grain Boundary Diffusion in Yukawa Crystals
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| author | Caplan, Matthew E. Smith, Nevin T. Yaacoub, Dany Serrano, Roberto F. Taira, Elias Bransgrove, Ashley |
| author_facet | Caplan, Matthew E. Smith, Nevin T. Yaacoub, Dany Serrano, Roberto F. Taira, Elias Bransgrove, Ashley |
| contents | We present calculations of diffusion coefficients in grain boundaries in Yukawa crystals for astrophysics. Our methods follow from our recent work calculating diffusion coefficients in perfect body-centered cubic crystals. These diffusion coefficients show only a weak dependence on the crystal orientations at the grain boundary and are consistent with those expected for a supercooled liquid scaled down by one to two orders of magnitude. We argue that the local disorder at the grain boundary produces a landscape of potential barriers similar to that of an amorphous liquid thin film, significantly reducing activation barriers to diffusive hops relative to the bulk solid. This also introduces a screening dependence, such that boundary diffusion does not exhibit the same universality as the bulk crystal. These diffusion coefficients suggest that grain boundaries may be a dominant source of viscous dissipation in neutron star crusts. |
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| spellingShingle | Grain Boundary Diffusion in Yukawa Crystals Caplan, Matthew E. Smith, Nevin T. Yaacoub, Dany Serrano, Roberto F. Taira, Elias Bransgrove, Ashley Plasma Physics High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Materials Science We present calculations of diffusion coefficients in grain boundaries in Yukawa crystals for astrophysics. Our methods follow from our recent work calculating diffusion coefficients in perfect body-centered cubic crystals. These diffusion coefficients show only a weak dependence on the crystal orientations at the grain boundary and are consistent with those expected for a supercooled liquid scaled down by one to two orders of magnitude. We argue that the local disorder at the grain boundary produces a landscape of potential barriers similar to that of an amorphous liquid thin film, significantly reducing activation barriers to diffusive hops relative to the bulk solid. This also introduces a screening dependence, such that boundary diffusion does not exhibit the same universality as the bulk crystal. These diffusion coefficients suggest that grain boundaries may be a dominant source of viscous dissipation in neutron star crusts. |
| title | Grain Boundary Diffusion in Yukawa Crystals |
| topic | Plasma Physics High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.20980 |