Abstract
The study of a two-dimensional system consisting of 870 hard-disk particles in the phase-transition region has shown that the isotherm has a van der Waals-like loop. The density change across the transition is about 4% and the corresponding entropy change is small. (auth)
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van der Waals forcePhase transitionCondensed matter physicsVan der Waals equationPhysicsMaterials scienceQuantum phase transitionQuantum mechanics
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- 1962
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 127
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 359-361
- Citations
- 766
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B. J. Alder,
T. E. Wainwright
(1962).
Phase Transition in Elastic Disks.
Physical Review
, 127
(2)
, 359-361.
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.127.359
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- DOI
- 10.1103/physrev.127.359