Titel:
Titel:
Data for the publication: Shell formation and two-dimensional nanofriction in three-dimensional ion Coulomb crystals
Autoren:
Autoren:
Rüffert, Luca-Amadeus, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Forschugsgruppe QUEST 2, Quantenuhren und komplexe Systeme, ORCID: 0000-0001-8980-9794
Sprachen:
Sprachen:
Englisch
DOI:
DOI:
10.7795/710.20261005
Art der Ressource:
Art der Ressource:
PTB: Simulationsdaten, DINI: ResearchData, DataCite: Dataset
Verlag:
Verlag:
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
Erscheinungsjahr:
Erscheinungsjahr:
2026
Rechte:
Rechte:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Datumsangaben:
Datumsangaben:
Verfügbar: 2026-10-05
Klassifikationen:
Klassifikationen:
INSPEC A30 Atomic and molecular physics
Datei:
Datei:
Datei herunterladen (application/zip) 4.3 MB
MD5 Prüfsumme: cfdcfcde525ddf3a0b064714790902f7
SHA256 Prüfsumme: f26f529c7f9899652bb5eb49864b72bf8c1db8bf61f0b4fb75ac443d1eb3b2b5
Stichwörter:
Stichwörter:
ion Coulomb crystals ; trapped ions ; molecular dynamics ; shell formation ; nanofriction ; commensurability ; stick-slip motion
Zusammenfassung:
Zusammenfassung:
We investigated the formation of shells in three-dimensional ion Coulomb clusters and analysed their relative motion and dynamics under the lens of nanofriction using molecular dynamics simulations. The data presented here is the result of the evaluated ion trajectories generated using our in-group simulation code. The data for each figure was compiled in separate .csv files making it possible to reconstruct each graph of each figure individually. Figures with purely graphical elements or schematic representations are excluded.
Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Inhaltsverzeichnis:
directory structure:
structural_data: evaluated data for Figures 4, 6, 7, and 13-18
dynamical_data: evaluated trajectory and torque-response data for Figures 8-10 and Table I
raw_sim_data: independently readable CSV conversion of the ion-configuration files used directly by Figures 13-15, 17, and 18

excluded figures:
Figures 1, 2, 3, 5, 11, and 12 contain experimental images, graphical elements, or schematic representations and therefore have no separate numerical plot-data files in this dataset.

description of the individual files:
- figure: Figure 4
method: shell analysis of simulated ion configurations and evaluation of shell-transition lines
exported files:
- structural_data/figure_04_shell_number_heatmap.csv
description: Shell number and dimensionless linear density on the plotted (N, alpha) grid.
columns: N_ions; alpha; number_of_shells; dimensionless_linear_density
- structural_data/figure_04_heatmap_transition_overlays.csv
description: Dashed empirical transition lines and white linear-density prediction markers plotted over the heatmap.
columns: curve_type; N_ions; alpha
- structural_data/figure_04_shell_count_scaling.csv
description: Transition-slope data with x uncertainties and the fitted power-law curve for panel (b).
columns: record_type; alpha_over_N; number_of_shells; alpha_over_N_uncertainty

- figure: Figure 6
exported file: structural_data/figure_06_energy_vs_rotation_angle.csv
description: Mean-subtracted potential-energy modulation of the rotating outer shell for each selected system.
columns: alpha; N_ions; rotation_angle_deg; delta_potential_energy_mK; peak_to_peak_energy_mK; returns_to_initial_branch

- figure: Figure 7
exported file: structural_data/figure_07_effective_barrier_vs_ion_number.csv
description: Effective rotational barrier per ion versus ion number for every trapping aspect ratio.
columns: alpha; N_ions; effective_barrier_per_ion_mK; returns_to_initial_branch; highlighted_system

- figure: Figure 8
exported file: dynamical_data/figure_08_normalized_angular_velocity_vs_time.csv
description: Time-dependent outer-shell angular velocity for the three driving torques shown in the figure.
columns: source_file; N_ions; drive_torque_over_tau_prime; time_ms; corrected_torque_over_tau_prime; angular_velocity; maximum_angular_velocity; normalized_angular_velocity

- figure: Figure 9 and Table I
exported files:
- dynamical_data/figure_09_sliding_efficiency_vs_driving_torque.csv
description: Increasing- and decreasing-torque sweeps of the normalized sliding efficiency.
columns: source_file; alpha; N_ions; sweep_direction; driving_torque_over_tau_prime; effective_torque_over_tau_prime; mean_angular_velocity; maximum_angular_velocity; sliding_efficiency
- dynamical_data/table_01_pinning_and_depinning_torques.csv
description: Pinning- and depinning-torque estimates and the relative half-step uncertainty. Decreasing sweeps yield pinning thresholds; increasing sweeps yield depinning thresholds.
columns: alpha; N_ions; source_file; sweep_direction; transition_type; transition_torque_over_tau_prime; relative_half_step_uncertainty

- figure: Figure 10
exported file: dynamical_data/figure_10_outer_shell_angular_velocity_profile.csv
description: Normalized mean angular velocity of each retained outer-shell ion as a function of its mean axial position.
columns: alpha; N_ions; z_um; normalized_mean_angular_velocity

- figure: Figure 13
exported files:
- structural_data/figure_13_deltahedron_vertices.csv
description: Ion coordinates for the eight plotted ground-state deltahedron configurations.
columns: shape_name; N_ions; ion_index; x_um; y_um; z_um
- structural_data/figure_13_deltahedron_edges.csv
description: Unique convex-hull edges connecting the plotted vertices.
columns: shape_name; N_ions; ion_index_1; ion_index_2

- figure: Figure 14
exported files:
- structural_data/figure_14_shell_histogram.csv
description: Raw and smoothed counts versus the shell-analysis iteration index.
columns: shell_index_i; raw_count; smoothed_count; shell_region
- structural_data/figure_14_shell_structure_coordinates.csv
description: Coordinates, normalized ellipsoidal radius, shell index, and plotted shell-region assignment of every ion.
columns: ion_index; x_um; y_um; z_um; normalized_ellipsoidal_radius; shell_index_i; shell_region

- figure: Figure 15
exported file: structural_data/figure_15_inner_shell_coordinates_alpha_4.09_N_73.csv
description: Original and displayed (80 degree rotated) coordinates of the innermost non-empty shell for the selected configuration.
columns: shell_ion_index; global_ion_index; x_original_um; y_original_um; z_original_um; x_rotated_um; y_rotated_um; z_rotated_um

- figure: Figure 16
exported files:
- structural_data/figure_16_second_energy_difference_residuals.csv
description: Matched second-energy-difference and effective-barrier series, local trends, residuals, and plotted z scores.
columns: alpha; N_ions; second_energy_difference_mK; effective_barrier_per_ion_mK; returns_to_initial_branch; second_energy_difference_trend_mK; effective_barrier_trend_mK; second_energy_difference_residual_mK; effective_barrier_residual_mK; z_second_energy_difference_residual; z_effective_barrier_residual
- structural_data/figure_16_residual_correlations.csv
description: Pearson and Spearman correlations for all matched points and for the continuous-branch subset.
columns: alpha; selection; N_min; n_points; pearson_r; pearson_p; spearman_rho; spearman_p

- figure: Figure 17
exported files:
- structural_data/figure_17_energy_decomposition_curves.csv
description: Plotted changes of the inner-outer, outer-outer, trap, and total energy terms along each relaxed rotational path.
columns: alpha; N_ions; rotation_angle_deg; delta_U_in_out_mK; delta_U_out_out_mK; delta_U_trap_total_mK; delta_U_trap_outer_mK; delta_U_total_mK
- structural_data/figure_17_energy_decomposition_summary.csv
description: Peak-to-peak amplitudes and shell populations for the selected systems.
columns: source_file; alpha; N; N_inner; N_outer; ptp_U_in_out; ptp_U_out_out; ptp_U_trap_total; ptp_U_trap_outer; ptp_U_total; ptp_U_relevant

- figure: Figure 18
exported files:
- structural_data/figure_18_dynamic_commensurability_curves.csv
description: Plotted changes of the geometric commensurability score and inner-outer interaction energy along the relaxed rotational path.
columns: alpha; N_ions; rotation_angle_deg; delta_geometric_commensurability; delta_inner_outer_energy_mK
- structural_data/figure_18_dynamic_commensurability_summary.csv
description: Geometric commensurability summary values and the branch-continuity flag for each selected system.
columns: alpha; N_ions; kappa_geom; C_mean; C_min; C_max; sigma_um; same_config

- figures: Figures 13-15, 17, and 18
method: lossless structural conversion of the named ionsimulator text fields; unnamed trailing values are preserved without interpretation
exported files:
- raw_sim_data/source_manifest.csv
columns: source_file; converted_csv; used_for; N_ions; trajectory_rows
- raw_sim_data/simulation_parameters.csv
columns: source_file; parameter; value
- raw_sim_data/timestep_auxiliary_values.csv
columns: source_file; trajectory_index; unnamed_source_value_1 ... unnamed_source_value_n
- raw_sim_data/ion_configuration_trajectories/*.csv
description: One long-format file per source configuration, preserving every saved ion state.
columns: trajectory_index; ion_index; x_um; y_um; z_um; vx_raw; vy_raw; vz_raw

format and software:
format: .csv (comma-separated UTF-8 plain text with one header row per file)
missing values: empty field or NaN where a quantity is not defined for a record type
recommended software: any software capable of reading CSV files (for example Python/NumPy/pandas, MATLAB, Origin, or Excel)
raw velocity fields: vx_raw, vy_raw, and vz_raw preserve the native simulation-output values because the source text format does not encode a unit label for these columns.
Förderung:
Förderung:
Förderer: European Union (EU), ROR: 019w4f821
Förderprogramm: European Metrology Programme for Innovation and Research (EMPIR)
Projekt: 18SIB05 ROCIT, Robust Optical Clocks for International Timescales

Förderer: European Union (EU), ROR: 019w4f821
Förderprogramm: European Metrology Programme for Innovation and Research (EMPIR)
Projekt: 20FUN01 TSCAC, Two-Species Composite Atomic Clocks

Förderer: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), ROR: 018mejw64
Projekt: EXC-2123 (Project-ID 390837967) , QuantumFrontiers - Licht und Materie an der Quantengrenze

Förderer: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), ROR: 018mejw64
Projekt: CRC 1227 A07 , Dynamics of Ion Coulomb Crystals

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Rüffert, L.-A. (2026). Data for the publication: Shell formation and two-dimensional nanofriction in three-dimensional ion Coulomb crystals [Data set]. Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB). https://doi.org/10.7795/710.20261005

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Rüffert, Luca-Amadeus, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Forschugsgruppe QUEST 2, Quantenuhren und komplexe Systeme, ORCID: 0000-0001-8980-9794

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