Two component plasma at Γ=2 : a random matrix theory semi-application

Undergraduate Thesis in Physics, Universidad de los Andes (2019)

In this project we study some aspects of equilibrium statistical mechanics for a classical two-dimensional one-component Coulomb plasma (logarithmic interaction) with circular symmetry and N point-like charges. The model presented is an extension of the one studied by Mallarino and Téllez. The configuration is such that there are N particles of charge q each, constrained to lie all over a two dimensional plane, which has regions delimited by two charged disks such that Nq-Q1 – Q2 = 0. In this model, M counterions are inside the area demarcated by the first disk, additionally there are L ions between the two disks and finally P outside the second one. We focus our research in finding the correlation functions, the integrated charge and the contact density for a Coupling constant Γ=2, where the system is exactly solvable according to analogies between 2D Coulomb gases and Random Matrix Theory.


Grupo de Física Estadística

Departamento de Física

Edificio Ip

Carrera 1E # 18A-10

Bogotá, Colombia

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