The complement: a solution to liquid drop finite size effects in phase transitions
Nuclear Theory
2009-11-10 v2 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
The effects of the finite size of a liquid drop undergoing a phase transition are described in terms of the complement, the largest (but still mesoscopic) drop representing the liquid in equilibrium with the vapor. Vapor cluster concentrations, pressure and density from fixed mean density lattice gas (Ising) model calculations are explained in terms of the complement. Accounting for this finite size effect is key to determining the infinite nuclear matter phase diagram from experimental data.
Cite
@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0412070,
title = {The complement: a solution to liquid drop finite size effects in phase transitions},
author = {L. G. Moretto and K. A. Bugaev and J. B. Elliott and R. Ghetti and J. Helgesson and L. Phair},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0412070},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Four two column pages, four figures, two tables; accepted for publication in PRL