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The Complement: A Solution to Liquid Drop Finite Size Effects in Phase Transitions

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: The effects of the finite size of a liquid drop undergoing a phase transition are described in terms of the complement, the largest (but mesoscopic) drop representing the liquid in equilibrium with the vapor. Vapor cluster concentrations, pressure, and density from fixed mean density lattice gas (Ising) calculations are explained in terms of the complement generalization of Fisher's model. Accounting for this finite size effect is important for extracting the infinite nuclear matter phase diagram from experimental data.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.94.202701

Authors: L. G. Moretto, K. A. Bugaev, J. B. Elliott, R. Ghetti, J. Helgesson, L. Phair

Institutions: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lund University, Malmö University

Language: English

Topic: Theoretical and Computational Physics

Subfield: Condensed Matter Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1999844028

FWCI: 3.356

Cites: 22

Cited by: 39

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