Fluid and solid phases of the Gaussian core model

Details Fluid and solid phases of the Gaussian core model Fluid and solid phases of the Gaussian core model

2000-07-13

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0007229v1

J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 12, 5087 (2000)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

22 pages, 10 figures

Scientific paper

10.1088/0953-8984/12/24/302

We study the structural and thermodynamic properties of a model of point particles interacting by means of a Gaussian pair potential first introduced by Stillinger [Stillinger F H 1976 J. Chem. Phys. 65, 3968]. By employing integral equation theories for the fluid state and comparing with Monte Carlo simulation results, we establish the limits of applicability of various common closures and examine the dependence of the correlation functions of the liquid on the density and temperature. We employ a simple, mean-field theory for the high density domain of the liquid and demonstrate that at infinite density the mean-field theory is exact and that the system reduces to an `infinite density ideal gas', where all correlations vanish and where the hypernetted chain (HNC) closure becomes exact. By employing an Einstein model for the solid phases, we subsequently calculate quantitatively the phase diagram of the model and find that the system possesses two solid phases, face centered cubic and body centered cubic, and also displays reentrant melting into a liquid at high densities. Moreover, the system remains fluid at all densities when the temperature exceeds 1% of the strength of the interactions.

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