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Huang Y, Reichhardt C, Reichhardt CJO, Feng Y. Superlubric-pinned transition of a two-dimensional solid dusty plasma under a periodic triangular substrate. Phys Rev E 2022; 106:035204. [PMID: 36266846 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.106.035204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The superlubric-pinned transition in the depinning dynamics of a two-dimensional (2D) solid dusty plasma modulated by 2D triangular periodic substrates is investigated using Langevin dynamical simulations. When the lattice structure of the 2D solid dusty plasma perfectly matches the triangular substrate, two distinctive pinned and moving ordered states are observed as the external uniform driving force gradually increases from zero. When there is a mismatch between the lattice structure and the triangular substrate, however, on shallow substrates, it is discovered that all of the particles can slide freely on the substrate even when the applied driving force is tiny. This is a typical example of superlubricity, which is caused by the competition between the substrate-particle and particle-particle interactions. If the substrate depth increases further, as the driving force increases from zero, there are three dynamical states consisting of the pinned state, the disordered plastic flow state, and the moving ordered state. In an underdense system, where there are fewer particles than potential well minima, it is found that the occurrence of the three different dynamical states is controlled by the depth of the substrate, which is quantitatively characterized using the average mobility.
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- Y Huang
- Institute of Plasma Physics and Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Institute of Plasma Physics and Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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Qiu P, Feng Y. Fast particles overtaking shock front in two-dimensional Yukawa solids. Phys Rev E 2022; 106:015203. [PMID: 35974640 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.106.015203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2022] [Accepted: 07/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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High-speed particles overtaking the shock front during the propagation of compressional shocks in two-dimensional (2D) Yukawa solids are investigated using molecular dynamical simulations. When the compressional speed is lower, all particles around the shock front are almost accelerated synchronously. However, when the compressional speed is much higher, some particles penetrate the shock front to enter the preshock region. Around the shock front, it is found that the particle velocity profile at the first peak of the dispersive shock wave (DSW) is able to be described using the Gaussian distribution, so that the amplitudes of the DSW can be well characterized. As the compressional speed increases, the particle velocity corresponding to these DSW's amplitudes increase more substantially than the shock front speed. These amplitudes of the DSW are found to be able to predict the occurrence of the fast particles. Combined with the previous study of the DSW's period, it is demonstrated that the properties of the DSW are nearly not affected by the conditions of the 2D Yukawa systems, but only related to the compressional speed.
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- Pengwei Qiu
- Institute of Plasma Physics and Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics and Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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Zhu W, Reichhardt C, Reichhardt CJO, Feng Y. Directional locking in a two-dimensional Yukawa solid modulated by a two-dimensional periodic substrate. Phys Rev E 2022; 106:015202. [PMID: 35974594 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.106.015202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2022] [Accepted: 06/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Directional depinning dynamics of a two-dimensional (2D) dusty plasma solid modulated by a 2D square periodic substrate are investigated using Langevin dynamical simulations. We observe prominent directional locking effects when the direction of the external driving force is varied relative to the underlying square substrate. These locking steps appear when the direction of the driving force is close to the symmetry direction of the substrate, corresponding to the different dynamical flow patterns and the structures. In the conditions between the adjacent locking steps, moving ordered states are observed. Although the discontinuous transitions often occur between the locking steps and the nonlocking portion, the continuous transitions are also found around the locking step associated with the disordered plastic flow close to its termini. Our results show that directional locking also occurs for underdamped systems, which could be tested experimentally in dusty plasmas modulated by 2D substrates.
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- Wenqi Zhu
- Institute of Plasma Physics and Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Institute of Plasma Physics and Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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Lu S, Huang D, Feng Y. Shear softening and hardening of a two-dimensional Yukawa solid. Phys Rev E 2022; 105:035203. [PMID: 35428122 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.105.035203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Langevin dynamical simulations are performed to study the elastic behaviors of two-dimensional (2D) solid dusty plasmas under the periodic shear deformation. The frequency- and strain-dependent shear moduli G(ω,γ) of our simulated 2D Yukawa solid are calculated from the ratio of the shear stress to strain in different orientations. The shear-softening and -hardening properties in different lattice orientations are discovered from the obtained G(ω,γ). The component of the elastic constant tensor corresponding to the shear deformation is also calculated, whose variation trend exactly agrees with the discovered shear-softening and -hardening features in different shear directions. It is also found that the shear modulus of the 2D Yukawa solid always increases monotonically with the frequency.
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- Shaoyu Lu
- Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, College of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, College of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, College of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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Huang Y, Li W, Reichhardt C, Reichhardt CJO, Feng Y. Phonon spectra of a two-dimensional solid dusty plasma modified by two-dimensional periodic substrates. Phys Rev E 2022; 105:015202. [PMID: 35193179 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.105.015202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Phonon spectra of a two-dimensional (2D) solid dusty plasma modulated by 2D square and triangular periodic substrates are investigated using Langevin dynamical simulations. The commensurability ratio, i.e., the ratio of the number of particles to the number of potential well minima, is set to 1 or 2. The resulting phonon spectra show that propagation of waves is always suppressed due to the confinement of particles by the applied 2D periodic substrates. For a commensurability ratio of 1, the spectra indicate that all particles mainly oscillate at one specific frequency, corresponding to the harmonic oscillation frequency of one single particle inside one potential well. At a commensurability ratio of 2, the substrate allows two particles to sit inside the bottom of each potential well, and the resulting longitudinal and transverse spectra exhibit four branches in total. We find that the two moderate branches come from the harmonic oscillations of one single particle and two combined particles in the potential well. The other two branches correspond to the relative motion of the two-body structure in each potential well in the radial and azimuthal directions. The difference in the spectra between the square and triangular substrates is attributed to the anisotropy of the substrates and the resulting alignment directions of the two-body structure in each potential well.
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- Y Huang
- Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- School of Science, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Thin Films, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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Lu S, Huang D, Feng Y. Plastic strain rate quantified from dislocation dynamics in dusty plasma shear flows. Phys Rev E 2021; 103:063214. [PMID: 34271705 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.103.063214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2021] [Accepted: 05/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Dynamics of dislocations and defects are investigated in 2D dusty plasma experiments with two counterpropagating flows. It is experimentally demonstrated that the Orowan equation is able to accurately determine the plastic strain rate from the motion of dislocations, well agreeing with the shear rate defined from the drift velocity gradient. For a higher shear rate, the studied system is in the liquidlike flow state, as a result, the determined shear rate from the Orowan equation deviates from its definition. The obtained probability distribution function of dislocations from the experiments clearly shows that the dislocation motion can be divided into the local and gliding ones. All findings above are further verified by the corresponding Langevin dynamical simulations with various levels of shear rates. The dislocation and defect analysis results from these simulations clearly indicate that the defect and dislocation dynamics in the sheared dusty plasmas clearly exhibit two stages as the shear rate increases.
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- Shaoyu Lu
- Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, College of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, College of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, College of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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Gu L, Li W, Reichhardt C, Reichhardt CJO, Murillo MS, Feng Y. Continuous and discontinuous transitions in the depinning of two-dimensional dusty plasmas on a one-dimensional periodic substrate. Phys Rev E 2021; 102:063203. [PMID: 33466093 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.102.063203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Langevin dynamical simulations are performed to study the depinning dynamics of two-dimensional dusty plasmas on a one-dimensional periodic substrate. From the diagnostics of the sixfold coordinated particles P_{6} and the collective drift velocity V_{x}, three different states appear, which are the pinning, disordered plastic flow, and moving ordered states. It is found that the depth of the substrate is able to modulate the properties of the depinning phase transition, based on the results of P_{6} and V_{x}, as well as the observation of hysteresis of V_{x} while increasing and decreasing the driving force monotonically. When the depth of the substrate is shallow, there are two continuous phase transitions. When the potential well depth slightly increases, the phase transition from the pinned to the disordered plastic flow states is continuous; however, the phase transition from the disordered plastic flow to the moving ordered states is discontinuous. When the substrate is even deeper, the phase transition from the pinned to the disordered plastic flow states changes to discontinuous. When the depth of the substrate further increases, as the driving force increases, the pinned state changes to the moving ordered state directly, so that the disordered plastic flow state disappears completely.
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- L Gu
- Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China.,National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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Huang D, Lu S, Feng Y. Determination of viscosity in shear-induced melting two-dimensional dusty plasmas using Green-Kubo relation. Phys Rev E 2021; 103:013211. [PMID: 33601509 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.103.013211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2020] [Accepted: 01/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Langevin dynamical simulations of shear-induced melting two-dimensional (2D) dusty plasmas are performed to study the determination of the shear viscosity of this system. It is found that the viscosity calculated from the Green-Kubo relation, after removing the drift motion, well agrees with the viscosity definition, i.e., the ratio of the shear stress to the shear rate in the sheared region, even the shear rate is magnified ten times higher than that in experiments. The behaviors of shear stress and its autocorrelation function of shear-induced melting 2D dusty plasmas are compared with those of uniform liquids at the same temperatures, leading to the conclusion that the Green-Kubo relation is still applicable to determine the viscosity for shear-induced melting dusty plasmas.
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- Dong Huang
- Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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Chaudhuri M, Semenov I, Nosenko V, Thomas HM. Quasi-two-dimensional complex plasma containing spherical particles and their binary agglomerates. Phys Rev E 2016; 93:053202. [PMID: 27300990 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.93.053202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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A unique type of quasi-two-dimensional complex plasma system was observed which consisted of monodisperse microspheres and their binary agglomerations (dimers). The particles and their dimers levitated in a plasma sheath at slightly different heights and formed two distinct sublayers. The system did not crystallize and may be characterized as a disordered solid. The dimers were identified based on their characteristic appearance in defocused images, i.e., rotating interference fringe patterns. The in-plane and interplane particle separations exhibit nonmonotonic dependence on the discharge pressure.
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- M Chaudhuri
- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.,Institut für Theoretische Physik II: Weiche Materie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Forschungsgruppe Komplexe Plasmen, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, D-82234, Weßling, Germany
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- Forschungsgruppe Komplexe Plasmen, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, D-82234, Weßling, Germany
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- Forschungsgruppe Komplexe Plasmen, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, D-82234, Weßling, Germany
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Bartnick J, Heinen M, Ivlev AV, Löwen H. Structural correlations in diffusiophoretic colloidal mixtures with nonreciprocal interactions. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2016; 28:025102. [PMID: 26658255 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/28/2/025102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Nonreciprocal effective interaction forces can occur between mesoscopic particles in colloidal suspensions that are driven out of equilibrium. These forces violate Newton's third law actio = reactio on coarse-grained length and time scales. Here we explore the statistical mechanics of Brownian particles with nonreciprocal effective interactions. Our model system is a binary fluid mixture of spherically symmetric, diffusiophoretic mesoscopic particles, and we focus on the time-averaged particle pair- and triplet-correlation functions. Based on the many-body Smoluchowski equation we develop a microscopic statistical theory for the particle correlations and test it by computer simulations. For model systems in two and three spatial dimensions, we show that nonreciprocity induces distinct nonequilibrium pair correlations. Our predictions can be tested in experiments with chemotactic colloidal suspensions.
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- Jörg Bartnick
- Institut für Theoretische Physik II: Weiche Materie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Qiao K, Kong J, Matthews LS, Hyde TW. Mode couplings and resonance instabilities in finite dust chains. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2015; 91:053101. [PMID: 26066266 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.91.053101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Employing a numerical simulation, the normal modes are investigated for finite, one-dimensional horizontal dust chains in complex plasma. Mode couplings induced by the ion flow within the sheath are identified in the mode spectra and the coupling rules are determined. Two types of resonance-induced instabilities are observed, one bidirectional and one unidirectional. Bidirectional instability is found to cause melting of the chain with the melting proceeding via a two-step process which obeys the Lindemann criterion. The relationship between the normal mode spectra observed in finite systems and the wave dispersion relations seen in larger systems was also examined using a dust chain model. For this case, the dispersion relation was obtained through multiplication of the mode spectra matrix by a transition matrix. The resulting dispersion relations exhibit both the general features observed in larger crystals as well as several characteristics unique to finite systems, such as discontinuities and strong energy-density fluctuations.
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- Ke Qiao
- Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics and Engineering Research, Baylor University, Waco, Texas 76798-7310, USA
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- Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics and Engineering Research, Baylor University, Waco, Texas 76798-7310, USA
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- Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics and Engineering Research, Baylor University, Waco, Texas 76798-7310, USA
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- Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics and Engineering Research, Baylor University, Waco, Texas 76798-7310, USA
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