Freezing by Monte Carlo Phase-Switch

Details Freezing by Monte Carlo Phase-Switch Freezing by Monte Carlo Phase-Switch

2000-09-05

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0009062v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

5 pages, 2 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.5138

We describe a Monte Carlo procedure which allows sampling of the disjoint configuration spaces associated with crystalline and fluid phases, within a single simulation. The method utilises biased sampling techniques to enhance the probabilities of gateway states (in each phase) which are such that a global switch (to the other phase) can be implemented. Equilibrium freezing-point parameters can be determined directly; statistical uncertainties prescribed transparently; and finite-size effects quantified systematically. The method is potentially quite general; we apply it to the freezing of hard spheres.

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