Large deviations of radial statistics in the two-dimensional one-component plasma (Q504195)

The two-dimensional one-component plasma (2D-OCP) model, which is known as jellium, Dyson-gas or 2D Coulomb gas, too, is studied here. The model consists of \(N\) (great but finite) identical charged particles over a background of opposite equal charges. This leads to the plasma layer approximative conception. This quasi mono-layer is of finite spatial dimension, a plane plasma layer and the physical situation in question is the bevaviour of this system. The coupling constant, which is playing the role of the plasma parameter, is the quantity \(\beta q^2\) (where \(q\) is the charge and \(\beta\) the reciprocal temperature). The macroscopic features of this system are the main goal of the present investigation (first of all the radial moments). The study starts with the thermodynamics of the 2D-OCP, namely the electrostatic energy and the entropy are determined. The detailed calculations concentrate to the case of \(\beta=2\), and use the random matrices. Large deviations of the edge density profile are observed, a split phenomenon is seen, which is associated to atypical fluctuation of the edge density profile. It is also shown explicitly, that a failure of the fluid phase assumption of the plasma can brake a genuine \({1\over N}\) expansion of the free energy.