Computer Modeling of Radiationally and Thermally Stimulated Processes in a Crystal

TL;DR

This paper uses cellular automata simulations and fractal theory to study defect formation, evolution, and self-organization in irradiated cubic dielectric crystals, revealing collective effects and defect clustering phenomena.

Contribution

It introduces a computational model combining cellular automata and fractal analysis to investigate defect dynamics and self-organization in irradiated crystals.

Findings

Detection of collective effects at critical defect concentrations

Observation of defect cluster formation and self-organization

Application of fractal theory to analyze defect structures

Abstract

The processes of radiation defects formation and evolution have been simulated in cubic dielectric crystals by the computational method of cellular automata. If suppose that the defects concentration as a parameter, which characterizes a system state, reaches some critical value at the irradiation process, in this case there would be collective effects in the system that lead to self-organization phenomena and demonstrate a formation of one-type defect clusters. The fractal theory is used to detect synergistic effects and described the spatial and temporal transformation of defect structure in a crystal.