The droplet evaporation/condensation transition in a finite volume
| dc.creator | Virnau, P. | |
| dc.creator | MacDowell, L. G. | |
| dc.creator | Mueller, M. | |
| dc.creator | Binder, K. | |
| dc.date | 2003-03-31 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T02:50:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T02:50:31Z | |
| dc.description | A fluid in the NVT ensemble at T less than the critical temperature T_c and rho = N/V somewhat in excess of rho_coex (density of the saturated gas in the gas-liquid transition) is considered. For V->infinity, a macroscopic liquid droplet coexists with surrounding saturated gas according to the lever rule. For finite V, droplets can only exist if they exceed a minimum size. A (rounded) first order transition of the system occurs when the droplet evaporates into the supersaturated gas.Simulation evidence for this transition is given for a Lennard-Jones model and interpreted by a phenomenological theory. At the transition, the chemical potential difference mu_t-mu_coex scales like L^(-d/(d+1)) for a cubic volume V=L^d in d dimensions, as L->infinity. | |
| dc.description | 5 pages, 3 figures | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0303642 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0303642 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/21130 | |
| dc.subject | Soft Condensed Matter | |
| dc.subject | Statistical Mechanics | |
| dc.title | The droplet evaporation/condensation transition in a finite volume | |
| dc.type | text |