One-component fermion plasma on a sphere at finite temperature

TL;DR

This paper uses Monte Carlo simulations to analyze the thermodynamic and structural properties of a one-component fermion plasma on a sphere at finite temperature, with potential applications to hollow graphene spheres.

Contribution

It introduces a computational approach to study fermion plasmas on spherical surfaces at finite temperature, relevant for nanomaterials.

Findings

Measured kinetic and internal energies per particle.

Determined the radial distribution function.

Provides insights into electronic properties of hollow graphene spheres.

Abstract

We study through a computer experiment, using the restricted path integral Monte Carlo method, a one-component fermion plasma on a sphere at finite, non-zero, temperature. We extract thermodynamic properties like the kinetic and internal energy per particle and structural properties like the radial distribution function. This study could be relevant for the characterization and better understanding of the electronic properties of hollow graphene spheres.