Phase diagram of the two-dimensional Coulomb gas: A thermodynamic scaling Monte Carlo study

Gerassimos Orkoulas, Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos

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Abstract

In this work, we report results for the phase diagram of the two-dimensional Coulomb system. We use a recently proposed simulation method, thermodynamic scaling Monte Carlo, to determine the Kosterlitz-Thouless insulator/conductor transition line and the first-order vapor-liquid coexistence curve. The Kosterlitz-Thouless line terminates at the first-order coexistence curve close to the gas-liquid critical point. Our estimate of the vapor-liquid critical point is, T*≈0.056, p*≈0.21, in only modest agreement with previous theoretical estimates and semiquantitative numerical results.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)7205-7209
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Chemical Physics
Volume104
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - 1996

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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