Monte Carlo simulations of the screening potential of the Yukawa one-component plasma

TL;DR

This paper introduces a Monte Carlo method using importance sampling to accurately compute the screening potential in Yukawa plasmas, especially at short distances, and compares it with Coulomb plasma results.

Contribution

It presents a novel Monte Carlo scheme for sampling the screening potential in Yukawa plasmas, improving accuracy at short and long ranges.

Findings

Accurate estimates of H(r) for Yukawa plasmas at various distances

Comparison with Coulomb plasma results shows consistency

Method enhances understanding of plasma screening effects

Abstract

A Monte Carlo scheme to sample the screening potential H(r) of Yukawa plasmas notably at short distances is presented. This scheme is based on an importance sampling technique. Comparisons with former results for the Coulombic one-component plasma are given. Our Monte Carlo simulations yield an accurate estimate of H(r) as well for short range and long range interparticle distances.