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where <math> \Phi_{12}\left(r \right) </math> is the [[intermolecular pair potential]] between two disks at a distance <math>r := |\mathbf{r}_1 - \mathbf{r}_2|</math>, and <math> \sigma </math> is the diameter of the disk | where <math> \Phi_{12}\left(r \right) </math> is the [[intermolecular pair potential]] between two disks at a distance <math>r := |\mathbf{r}_1 - \mathbf{r}_2|</math>, and <math> \sigma </math> is the diameter of the disk. | ||
==Phase transitions== | ==Phase transitions== | ||
Despite the apparent simplicity of this model/system, the phase behaviour and the nature of the phase transitions remains an area of active study ever since the early work of Alder and Wainwright <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.127.359 B. J. Alder and T. E. Wainwright "Phase Transition in Elastic Disks", Physical Review '''127''' pp. 359-361 (1962)]</ref>. Recent works show a phase diagram containing an isotropic, a hexatic, and a solid phase <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.73.065104 C. H. Mak "Large-scale simulations of the two-dimensional melting of hard disks", Physical Review E '''73''' 065104(R) (2006)]</ref>. Highly efficient event-chain Monte Carlo simulations of over 1 million hard disks by Bernard and Krauth have solidified this picture, with a first-order phase transition between the fluid at packing fraction <math>\eta = 0.700</math> and the hexatic phase at <math>\eta = 0.716</math>, and a continuous transition between the hexatic and solid phases at <math>\eta = 0.720</math> <ref>[https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.155704 E. P. Bernard and W. Krauth "Two-Step Melting in Two Dimensions: First-Order Liquid-Hexatic Transition", Physical Review Letters '''107''' 155704 (2011)]</ref>. Note that the maximum possible packing fraction is given by <math>\eta = \pi / \sqrt{12} \approx 0.906899...</math> <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01181430 L. Fejes Tóth "Über einen geometrischen Satz." Mathematische Zeitschrift '''46''' pp. 83-85 (1940)]</ref>. This scenario has since been confirmed using a variety of simulation methods <ref>[https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.155704 M. Engel, J. A. Anderson, S. C. Glotzer, M. Tsobe, E. P. Bernard, and W. Krauth "Hard-disk equation of state: First-order liquid-hexatic transition in two dimensions with three simulation methods", Physical Review E '''87''' 042134 (2013)]</ref>. | Despite the apparent simplicity of this model/system, the phase behaviour and the nature of the phase transitions remains an area of active study ever since the early work of Alder and Wainwright <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.127.359 B. J. Alder and T. E. Wainwright "Phase Transition in Elastic Disks", Physical Review '''127''' pp. 359-361 (1962)]</ref>. Recent works show a phase diagram containing an isotropic, a hexatic, and a solid phase <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.73.065104 C. H. Mak "Large-scale simulations of the two-dimensional melting of hard disks", Physical Review E '''73''' 065104(R) (2006)]</ref>. Highly efficient event-chain Monte Carlo simulations of over 1 million hard disks by Bernard and Krauth have solidified this picture, with a first-order phase transition between the fluid at packing fraction <math>\eta = 0.700</math> and the hexatic phase at <math>\eta = 0.716</math>, and a continuous transition between the hexatic and solid phases at <math>\eta = 0.720</math> <ref>[https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.155704 E. P. Bernard and W. Krauth "Two-Step Melting in Two Dimensions: First-Order Liquid-Hexatic Transition", Physical Review Letters '''107''' 155704 (2011)]</ref>. Note that the maximum possible packing fraction is given by <math>\eta = \pi / \sqrt{12} \approx 0.906899...</math> <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01181430 L. Fejes Tóth "Über einen geometrischen Satz." Mathematische Zeitschrift '''46''' pp. 83-85 (1940)]</ref>. This scenario has since been confirmed using a variety of simulation methods <ref>[https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.155704 M. Engel, J. A. Anderson, S. C. Glotzer, M. Tsobe, E. P. Bernard, and W. Krauth "Hard-disk equation of state: First-order liquid-hexatic transition in two dimensions with three simulation methods", Physical Review E '''87''' 042134 (2013)]</ref>. |