Physics – Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
1994-11-02
Physics
Condensed Matter
17 pages Latex, 9 figures appended as uuencoded .gz tar file
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.51.2079
A semi-grand-canonical Monte Carlo algorithm is employed in conjunction with the bond fluctuation model to investigate the critical properties of an asymmetric binary (AB) polymer mixture. By applying the equal peak-weight criterion to the concentration distribution, the coexistence curve separating the A-rich and B-rich phases is identified as a function of temperature and chemical potential. To locate the critical point of the model, the cumulant intersection method is used. The accuracy of this approach for determining the critical parameters of fluids is assessed. Attention is then focused on the joint distribution function of the critical concentration and energy, which is analysed using a mixed-field finite-size-scaling theory that takes due account of the lack of symmetry between the coexisting phases. The essential Ising character of the binary polymer critical point is confirmed by mapping the critical scaling operator distributions onto independently known forms appropriate to the 3D Ising universality class. In the process, estimates are obtained for the field mixing parameters of the model which are compared both with those yielded by a previous method, and with the predictions of a mean field calculation.
Mueller Marcus
Wilding Nigel B.
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