Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2005-10-13
Int. J. Mod. Phys. B 20, 2667 (2006)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
10 pages, 7 figures to be published in International Journal of Modern Physics B
Scientific paper
10.1142/S0217979206035151
We use path-integral Monte Carlo (PIMC) to study the effects of adding a long-range repulsive Coulomb interaction to the usual Van der Waals interaction between two atoms of a submonolayer quantum film such as helium on graphite or a pure two-dimensional superfluid. Such interactions frustrate or compete with the natural tendency of the system for phase separation namely to form a macroscopic liquid or solid phase. We find that as a function of the relative strength of the long-range repulsion, surface coverage and temperature, the system undergoes a series of transformations, including a triangular Wigner-like crystal of clusters, a charge stripe-ordered phase and a fluid phase. The goal of these studies is to understand the role of quantum fluctuations when such competing interactions appear together with formation of preexisting electron pairs as might be the case in cuprate superconductors.
Manousakis Efstratios
Wierschem Keola
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