We study phase transitions of two-dimensional Lennard-Jones drops. A wide excitation energy range is studied, which encompasses the solid-like to liquid-like phase transition, the weakly evaporating liquid drop and multifragmentation. We are able to calculate the caloric curve for the whole energy range, it displays the standard plateau of the solid-like to liquid-like transition and new plateau which denotes the evaporation and multifragmentation phase transitions. We further calculate the maximum local Lyapunov exponent of the drops as a function of the energy. This curve shows a peak in the region of evaporating liquid. © 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Documento: | Artículo |
Título: | Statistical thermodynamics of cluster phase transitions |
Autor: | Strachan, A.; Dorso, C.O. |
Filiación: | Departamento de Física, FCEyN, Ciudad Universitaria, Nuñez 1428, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Palabras clave: | Clusters; Molecular dynamics; Multifragmentation; Phase transitions; Evaporation; Lyapunov methods; Molecular dynamics; Statistical methods; Thermodynamics; Lennard-Jones drops; Lyapunov exponents; Multifragmentation; Phase transitions |
Año: | 1998 |
Volumen: | 257 |
Número: | 1-4 |
Página de inicio: | 526 |
Página de fin: | 529 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0378-4371(98)00187-3 |
Título revista: | Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications |
Título revista abreviado: | Phys A Stat Mech Appl |
ISSN: | 03784371 |
CODEN: | PHYAD |
Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_03784371_v257_n1-4_p526_Strachan |