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In '''constant-pressure Monte Carlo''' a trial change in the volume becomes one of the [[Monte Carlo]] moves.
In '''constant-pressure Monte Carlo''' a trial change in the volume becomes one of the [[Monte Carlo]] moves.
The [[weighting function]], ''w'', is given by (Ref 1 Eq. 2)
The [[weighting function]], ''w'', is given by (Eq. 2 in <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00268978400101951 R. Eppenga and D. Frenkel "Monte Carlo study of the isotropic and nematic phases of infinitely thin hard platelets", Molecular Physics '''52''' pp. 1303-1334 (1984)]</ref>)


:<math>w \simeq c \frac{V^N}{N!} \exp \left[ -\beta ( U(q^N) +pV )\right]</math>
:<math>w \simeq c \frac{V^N}{N!} \exp \left\{ -\beta [ U(q^N) +pV ] \right\} </math>


for a change in volume, <math>\Delta V</math>, one has
for a change in volume, <math>\Delta V</math>, one has
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==References==
==References==
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00268978400101951 R. Eppenga and D. Frenkel "Monte Carlo study of the isotropic and nematic phases of infinitely thin hard platelets", Molecular Physics '''52''' pp. 1303-1334 (1984)]
<references/>
;Related reading
*[http://molsim.chem.uva.nl/frenkel_smit Daan Frenkel and Berend Smit "Understanding Molecular Simulation: From Algorithms to Applications", Second Edition (2002)] &sect;  5.4
 
 
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Latest revision as of 11:55, 17 May 2013

In constant-pressure Monte Carlo a trial change in the volume becomes one of the Monte Carlo moves. The weighting function, w, is given by (Eq. 2 in [1])

for a change in volume, , one has

If then the move is accepted, and if then r is compared with a random number . If then the move is accepted.

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