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In the framework of the van-der-Waals model, analytical expressions for the locus of extrema (ridges) for heat capacity, thermal expansion coefficient, compressibility, density fluctuation, and sound velocity in the supercritical region…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-05-27 V. V. Brazhkin , V. N. Ryzhov

The celebrated van der Waals model describes simple fluids in the thermodynamic limit and predicts the existence of a critical point associated to the gas-liquid phase transition. However the behaviour of critical isotherms according to the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-04 Adriano Barra , Antonio Moro

The square-well fluid with hard-sphere diameters is studied within the framework of Thermodynamic Geometry (TG). Coexistence and spinodal curves, as well as the Widom line for ranges $\lambda^{*} = 1.25, 1.5, 2.0, 3.0$ for this fluid are…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-07-19 J. L. López-Picón , L. F. Escamilla-Herrera , J. Torres-Arenas

In this work the interface system of the van der Waals fluid is investigated by using the density gradient theory incorporated with the mean-field theory. Based on the mean-field dividing interface generated by the Maxwell construction, we…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-03-22 Hongqin Liu

In the study of fluid phases, the Ruppeiner geometry provides novel ways for constructing the phase boundaries (known as the $R$-crossing method) and the Widom line, which is considered by many to be the continuation of the coexistence…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-11-30 Karlo de Leon , Ian Vega

Thermodynamic geometry of two-dimensional fluids has been investigated using a square-well model as a prototype fluid. A comparison with the three-dimensional case is performed in the subcritical and supercritical domains of thermodynamic…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-05-14 Jaime Jaramillo-Gutiérrez , José Torres-Arenas

Fluctuating hydrodynamics provides a model for fluids at mesoscopic scales where thermal fluctuations can have a significant impact on the behavior of the system. Here we investigate a model for fluctuating hydrodynamics of a single…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-22 Anuj Chaudhri , John B. Bell , Alejandro L. Garcia , Aleksandar Donev

We have performed extensive molecular dynamics simulations to study noise power spectra of density and potential energy fluctuations of a Lennard-Jones model of a fluid in the supercritical region. Emanating from the liquid-vapor critical…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-03 Sungho Han , Clare C. Yu

The comprehension of universal thermodynamic behaviors in the supercritical region is crucial for examining the characteristics of black hole systems under high temperature and pressure. This study is devoted to the analysis of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-15 Zi-Qiang Zhao , Zhang-Yu Nie , Jing-Fei Zhang , Xin Zhang

Behavior of supercritical fluids attracts a lot of attention nowadays. It is important both from the point of view of fundamental science and technological applications. However, up to now the progress in the field is rather moderate. In…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-11-26 Yu. D. Fomin , V. N. Ryzhov , E. N. Tsiok , V. V. Brazhkin , K. Trachenko

We construct a novel approach, based on thermodynamic geometry, to characterize first-order phase transitions from a microscopic perspective, through the scalar curvature in the equilibrium thermodynamic state space. Our method resolves key…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-05-30 George Ruppeiner , Anurag Sahay , Tapobrata Sarkar , Gautam Sengupta

We report on the coexistence of liquid-like and gas-like structures in supercritical fluid (SCF). The deltoid coexistence region encloses the Widom line, and may therefore be termed the "Widom delta". Machine learning analysis of simulation…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-03-26 Min Young Ha , Tae Jun Yoon , Tsvi Tlusty , Yongseok Jho , Won Bo Lee

The supercritical state of matter is usually described as a continuous phase without sharp boundaries between liquid and gas regions. However, under non-equilibrium conditions, this view breaks down. Here we report an experimental…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-11-25 Paul Fruton , Emma Lisoir , Happiness Imuetinyan , Cédric Giraudet , Fabrizio Croccolo

A new dynamic line, the Frenkel line, has recently been proposed to separate the supercritical state into rigid-liquid and non-rigid gas-like uid. The location of Frenkel line on the phase diagram is unknown for real uids. Here, we map the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-10-31 C. Yang , V. V. Brazhkin , M. T. Dove , K. Trachenko

Equations of granular hydrostatics are used to compute the phase diagram of the recently discovered van der Waals-like phase separation in a driven granular gas. The model two-dimensional system consists of smooth hard disks in a…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 Evgeniy Khain , Baruch Meerson , Pavel V. Sasorov

In this work, the van der Waals fluid model, a diffuse-interface model for liquid-vapor two-phase flows, is numerically investigated. The thermodynamic properties of the van der Waals fluid are first studied. Dimensional analysis is…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-09-05 Ju Liu

Asymptotically close to critical end-points of first-order transitions, maxima in thermodynamic quantities occur along a line called the Widom line, a concept first introduced in classical fluids. This concept has been extended to strongly…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-04-02 J. Fournier , P. -O. Downey , O. Gingras , C. -D. Hébert , M. Charlebois , A. -M. S. Tremblay

We study the critical droplet for a close-to-equilibrium Widom-Rowlinson model of interacting particles, represented by disks of radius $1$, in the two-dimensional plane at low temperature. The critical droplet is the set of macroscopic…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-03-16 Frank den Hollander , Sabine Jansen , Roman Kotecký , Elena Pulvirenti

Supercritical fluids play a significant role in elucidating fundamental aspects of liquid matter under extreme conditions. They have been extensively studied at pressures and temperatures relevant to various industrial applications.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-12-23 Dima Bolmatov , M. Zhernenkov , D. Zav'yalov , S. N. Tkachev , A. Cunsolo , Y. Q. Cai

We investigate several aspects of the thermodynamic geometry for a quantum fluid with square-well interactions using a third-order perturbation theory framework based on the path-integral-necklace analogy. A comparison is made between the…

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