Fragmentation phase transition in atomic clusters I --- Microcanonical thermodynamics

Details Fragmentation phase transition in atomic clusters I --- Microcanonical thermodynamics Fragmentation phase transition in atomic clusters I --- Microcanonical thermodynamics

1996-08-23

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9608103v3

Z.Phys.D 39,75-83(1997)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Same as before, abstract shortened my e-mail address: gross@hmi.de

Scientific paper

10.1007/s004600050112

Here we first develop the thermodynamics of microcanonical phase transitions of first and second order in systems which are thermodynamically stable in the sense of van Hove. We show how both kinds of phase transitions can unambiguously be identified in relatively small isolated systems of $\sim 100$ atoms by the shape of the microcanonical caloric equation of state $$ I.e. within microcanonical thermodynamics one does not need to go to the thermodynamic limit in order to identify phase transitions. In contrast to ordinary (canonical) thermodynamics of the bulk microcanonical thermodynamics (MT) gives an insight into the coexistence region. The essential three parameters which identify the transition to be of first order, the transition temperature $T_{tr}$, the latent heat $q_{lat}$, and the interphase surface entropy $\Delta s_{surf}$ can very well be determined in relatively small systems like clusters by MT. The phase transition towards fragmentation is introduced. The general features of MT as applied to the fragmentation of atomic clusters are discussed. The similarities and differences to the boiling of macrosystems are pointed out.

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