Free-energy barrier at droplet condensation
We discuss several aspects of a Monte Carlo computer simulation study of the condensation of macroscopic droplets emerging in the two-dimensional Ising lattice-gas model. By varying the particle density at fixed temperature we monitor the droplet formation in detail and compare our results with rece...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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01 March 2010
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Progress of theoretical physics. Supplement
Year: 2010, Volume: 184, Pages: 400-414 |
| DOI: | 10.1143/PTPS.184.400 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1143/PTPS.184.400 Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://academic.oup.com/ptps/article/doi/10.1143/PTPS.184.400/1856579 
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| Author Notes: | Andreas Nußbaumer, Elmar Bittner and Wolfhard Janke |
| Summary: | We discuss several aspects of a Monte Carlo computer simulation study of the condensation of macroscopic droplets emerging in the two-dimensional Ising lattice-gas model. By varying the particle density at fixed temperature we monitor the droplet formation in detail and compare our results with recent analytical predictions in the infinite-volume limit. Three different lattice discretizations are considered which are found to yield very similar results when presented in properly scaled variables. Particular emphasis is placed on the free-energy barrier associated with droplet formation and its implication for multimagnetical simulations. |
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| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| DOI: | 10.1143/PTPS.184.400 |