Two-phase coexistence in the hard-disk model
Statistical Mechanics
2008-06-09 v2 Soft Condensed Matter
Abstract
A two-dimensional system of 10000 hard disks with square periodic boundary conditions, at a density in the middle of the 2-phase region predicted from equation-of-state data, when subjected to a weak external uniform force, is seen to phase separate. Thermodynamic profiles of the inhomogeneous two-phase system agree with the local density approximation (LDA) of density functional theory. There is no indication of any mesophase.
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@article{arxiv.0806.1109,
title = {Two-phase coexistence in the hard-disk model},
author = {Leslie V Woodcock},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.1109},
year = {2008}
}
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Hard-disk controversy: 6 pages, 4 figures, 7 references