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where <math> \Phi_{12}\left(r \right) </math> is the [[intermolecular pair potential]] between two disks at a distance <math>r := |\mathbf{r}_1 - \mathbf{r}_2|</math>, and <math> \sigma </math> is the diameter of the disk. This page treats hard disks in a two-dimensional space, for three dimensions see the page [[hard disks in a three dimensional space]].
where <math> \Phi_{12}\left(r \right) </math> is the [[intermolecular pair potential]] between two disks at a distance <math>r := |\mathbf{r}_1 - \mathbf{r}_2|</math>, and <math> \sigma </math> is the diameter of the disk. This page treats hard disks in a two-dimensional space, for three dimensions see the page [[hard disks in a three dimensional space]].
==Phase transitions==
==Phase transitions==
Despite the apparent simplicity of this model/system, the phase behaviour and the nature of the phase transitions remains an area of active study. In a recent publication by Mak <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.73.065104 C. H. Mak "Large-scale simulations of the two-dimensional melting of hard disks", Physical Review E '''73''' 065104(R) (2006)]</ref>  using over 4 million particles <math>(2048^2)</math> one appears to have the phase diagram isotropic <math>(\rho \leq 0.890)</math> hexatic <math>(\rho > 0.920)</math> solid. Similar results have been found using the [[BBGKY hierarchy]] <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3491039  Jarosław Piasecki, Piotr Szymczak, and John J. Kozak "Prediction of a structural transition in the hard disk fluid", Journal of Chemical Physics '''133''' 164507 (2010)]</ref>.
Despite the apparent simplicity of this model/system, the phase behaviour and the nature of the phase transitions remains an area of active study. In a recent publication by Mak <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.73.065104 C. H. Mak "Large-scale simulations of the two-dimensional melting of hard disks", Physical Review E '''73''' 065104(R) (2006)]</ref>  using over 4 million particles <math>(2048^2)</math> one appears to have the phase diagram isotropic <math>(\eta < 0.699)</math>, a  hexatic phase, and a solid phase <math>(\eta > 0.723)</math> (the maximum possible packing fraction is given by <math>\eta = \pi / \sqrt{12} \approx 0.906899...</math> <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01181430 L. Fejes Tóth "Über einen geometrischen Satz." Mathematische Zeitschrift '''46''' pp. 83-85 (1940)]</ref>) . Similar results have been found using the [[BBGKY hierarchy]] <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3491039  Jarosław Piasecki, Piotr Szymczak, and John J. Kozak "Prediction of a structural transition in the hard disk fluid", Journal of Chemical Physics '''133''' 164507 (2010)]</ref> and by studying tessellations (the hexatic region: <math>0.680 < \eta < 0.729</math>) <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp806287e John J. Kozak, Jack Brzezinski and Stuart A. Rice "A Conjecture Concerning the Symmetries of Planar Nets and the Hard disk Freezing Transition", Journal of Physical Chemistry B '''112''' pp. 16059-16069 (2008)]</ref>.


==Equations of state==
==Equations of state==

Revision as of 14:50, 19 October 2011

Hard disks are hard spheres in two dimensions. The hard disk intermolecular pair potential is given by[1] [2]

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where Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \Phi_{12}\left(r \right) } is the intermolecular pair potential between two disks at a distance Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle r := |\mathbf{r}_1 - \mathbf{r}_2|} , and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \sigma } is the diameter of the disk. This page treats hard disks in a two-dimensional space, for three dimensions see the page hard disks in a three dimensional space.

Phase transitions

Despite the apparent simplicity of this model/system, the phase behaviour and the nature of the phase transitions remains an area of active study. In a recent publication by Mak [3] using over 4 million particles Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle (2048^2)} one appears to have the phase diagram isotropic Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle (\eta < 0.699)} , a hexatic phase, and a solid phase Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle (\eta > 0.723)} (the maximum possible packing fraction is given by Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \eta = \pi / \sqrt{12} \approx 0.906899...} [4]) . Similar results have been found using the BBGKY hierarchy [5] and by studying tessellations (the hexatic region: Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 0.680 < \eta < 0.729} ) [6].

Equations of state

Main article: Equations of state for hard disks

Virial coefficients

Main article: Hard sphere: virial coefficients

References

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