Phase transitions in self-gravitating systems. Self-gravitating fermions and hard spheres models

Details Phase transitions in self-gravitating systems. Self-gravitating fermions and hard spheres models Phase transitions in self-gravitating systems. Self-gravitating fermions and hard spheres models

2001-09-17

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0109294v2

Phys.Rev. E65 (2002) 056123

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

Submitted to Phys. Rev. E. New material added

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.65.056123

We discuss the nature of phase transitions in self-gravitating systems both in the microcanonical and in the canonical ensemble. We avoid the divergence of the gravitational potential at short distances by considering the case of self-gravitating fermions and hard spheres models. Three kinds of phase transitions (of zeroth, first and second order) are evidenced. They separate a ``gaseous'' phase with a smoothly varying distribution of matter from a ``condensed'' phase with a core-halo structure. We propose a simple analytical model to describe these phase transitions. We determine the value of energy (in the microcanonical ensemble) and temperature (in the canonical ensemble) at the transition point and we study their dependance with the degeneracy parameter (for fermions) or with the size of the particles (for a hard spheres gas). Scaling laws are obtained analytically in the asymptotic limit of a small short distance cut-off. Our analytical model captures the essential physics of the problem and compares remarkably well with the full numerical solutions.

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