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Simple Fluids with Complex Phase Behavior

Soft Condensed Matter 2009-10-31 v1 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

We find that a system of particles interacting through a simple isotropic potential with a softened core is able to exhibit a rich phase behavior including: a liquid-liquid phase transition in the supercooled phase, as has been suggested for water; a gas-liquid-liquid triple point; a freezing line with anomalous reentrant behavior. The essential ingredient leading to these features resides in that the potential investigated gives origin to two effective core radii.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0005214,
  title  = {Simple Fluids with Complex Phase Behavior},
  author = {G. Malescio and G. Pellicane},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0005214},
  year   = {2009}
}

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7 pages including 3 eps figures + 1 jpeg figure