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Precise Simulation of Near-critical Fluid Coexistence

Statistical Mechanics 2009-11-10 v2

Abstract

We present a novel method to derive liquid-gas coexisting densities, ρ±(T)\rho^{\pm}(T), from grand canonical simulations (without knowledge of \Tc\Tc or criticality class). The minima of QL<m2>L2/<m4>L Q_{L}\equiv< m^{2} >_{L}^{2}/< m^{4}>_{L} in an LL×\timesL×L \timesLL box with m=ρ<ρ>Lm = \rho - <\rho>_{L} are used to generate recursively an unbiased universal finite-size scaling function. Monte Carlo data for a hard-core square-well fluid and for the restricted primitive model electrolyte yield ρ±\rho^{\pm} to ±1\pm 1-2% of \rhoc\rhoc down to 1 part in 10410^4-10310^3 of \Tc\Tc (and confirm well Ising character). Pressure mixing in the scaling fields is unequivocally revealed and indicates Yang-Yang ratios Rμ=0.044R_{\mu} = -0.04_{4} and 0.260.2_{6} for the two models, respectively.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0304032,
  title  = {Precise Simulation of Near-critical Fluid Coexistence},
  author = {Young C. Kim and Michael E. Fisher and Erik Luijten},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0304032},
  year   = {2009}
}

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accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett

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