The hexatic phase of the two-dimensional hard disks system
Statistical Mechanics
2009-11-10 v3
Abstract
We report Monte Carlo results for the two-dimensional hard disk system in the transition region. Simulations were performed in the NVT ensemble with up to 1024^2 disks. The scaling behaviour of the positional and bond-orientational order parameter as well as the positional correlation length prove the existence of a hexatic phase as predicted by the Kosterlitz-Thouless-Halperin-Nelson-Young theory. The analysis of the pressure shows that this phase is outside a possible first-order transition.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0305239,
title = {The hexatic phase of the two-dimensional hard disks system},
author = {A. Jaster},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0305239},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
6 pages, 4 figures (minor changes)