Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2009-12-11
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
12 pages, 9 figures
Scientific paper
The symmetrical restricted Gibbs ensemble (RGE) is a version of the Gibbs ensemble in which particles are exchanged between two boxes of fixed equal volumes. It has recently come to prominence because -- when combined with specialized algorithms -- it provides for the study of near-coexistence density fluctuations in highly size-asymmetric binary mixtures. Hitherto, however, a detailed framework for extracting accurate estimates of critical point and coexistence curve parameters from RGE density fluctuations has been lacking. Here we address this problem by exploiting an exact link between the RGE density fluctuations and those of the grand canonical ensemble. In the sub-critical region we propose and test a simple method for obtaining accurate estimates of coexistence densities. In the critical region we identify an observable that serves as a finite system size estimator for the critical point parameters, and present a finite-size scaling theory that allows extrapolation to the thermodynamic limit.
Ashton Douglas J.
Sollich Peter
Wilding Nigel B.
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