Coalescence of helium clusters in titanium crystals: Molecular dynamics simulation

Abstract

In this paper, the helium behavior in titanium crystals has been simulated by molecular dynamics method. The coalescence of helium clusters has been investigated in great detail in a range from 300 to 800K. It was found that increasing temperature contributes to the coalescence of helium clusters. However, the helium cluster resulting from coalescence assumes its three-dimensional configuration in this temperature range for the time scale of simulation. The simulation results also indicate that, at room temperature, the attractive force between helium clusters plays a key role in helium cluster coalescence.