Anisotropy-induced Inhomogeneous Melting in Finite Dust Clusters
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| author | Sahu, Sushree Monalisha Sarma, Hirakjyoti Dhaka, Ankit Bandyopadhyay, Pintu Sen, Abhijit |
| author_facet | Sahu, Sushree Monalisha Sarma, Hirakjyoti Dhaka, Ankit Bandyopadhyay, Pintu Sen, Abhijit |
| contents | We present the first experimental evidence of inhomogeneous melting in a finite dusty plasma crystal confined in an anisotropic potential well. By systematically tuning the confinement anisotropy and applying controlled laser heating, distinct melting patterns are observed. Spectral-mode analysis based on Singular Value Decomposition of particle trajectories reveals that increasing laser power redistributes energy into specific collective modes, triggering localized structural destabilization. Molecular Dynamics simulations reproduce the observations and show that confinement-controlled mode coupling with laser heating governs the melting dynamics. These results establish geometric anisotropy as a key control parameter for inhomogeneous melting in finite coupled systems. |
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| spellingShingle | Anisotropy-induced Inhomogeneous Melting in Finite Dust Clusters Sahu, Sushree Monalisha Sarma, Hirakjyoti Dhaka, Ankit Bandyopadhyay, Pintu Sen, Abhijit Plasma Physics We present the first experimental evidence of inhomogeneous melting in a finite dusty plasma crystal confined in an anisotropic potential well. By systematically tuning the confinement anisotropy and applying controlled laser heating, distinct melting patterns are observed. Spectral-mode analysis based on Singular Value Decomposition of particle trajectories reveals that increasing laser power redistributes energy into specific collective modes, triggering localized structural destabilization. Molecular Dynamics simulations reproduce the observations and show that confinement-controlled mode coupling with laser heating governs the melting dynamics. These results establish geometric anisotropy as a key control parameter for inhomogeneous melting in finite coupled systems. |
| title | Anisotropy-induced Inhomogeneous Melting in Finite Dust Clusters |
| topic | Plasma Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.29682 |