Polymorphism in simple liquids: a Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo study |
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Authors: | Pellicane Benedetto Pellicane Giuseppe Malescio Gianpietro |
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Affiliation: | Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Maleria (INFM) and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Messina, Contrada Papardo, CP 50, 98166 Messina, Italy. |
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Abstract: | We perform Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo (GEMC) simulations of a one-component system of hard spheres with a repulsive shoulder and an attractive well. We show the existence of two distinct liquid-gas and liquid-liquid phase equilibria. The GEMC estimate of the critical parameters, as following from an interpolation of the binodal points, is only slightly influenced by finite size effects. The liquid-gas critical temperature and pressure are lower than those of the liquid-liquid phase separation. A discussion of our findings in comparison with those of previous numerical studies is also presented. |
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