ISSN:
1572-9613
Keywords:
One-component plasma
;
FCC lattice
;
Monte Carlo calculations
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract Very accurate Monte Carlo calculations for the one-component plasma (OCP) have been compared with the results of Slattery, Doolen, and DeWitt.(1,2) We confirm their results and also find a slight dependence of the calculation of the internal energy per particle uponN, the number of particles. A detailed investigation forN=108 permits us to evaluate the Helmholtz free energy for an OCP fcc lattice. As is usually believed, we find that the bcc lattice is more stable than the fcc lattice. The transition from the liquid to the fcc lattice phase occurs whenΓ fcc = 196 ± 1. A three-dimensional modified cubic procedure, capable of achieving high accuracy in using tables of two-particle interaction potentials, is described in Appendix B.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01010496
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