Phase transitions in one-dimensional classical fluids are usually ruled out by using van Hove's theorem. A way to circumvent the conclusions of the theorem is to consider an interparticle potential that is everywhere bounded. Such is the case of, e.g., the generalized exponential model of index 4 (GEM-4 potential), which in three dimensions gives a reasonable description of the effective repulsion between flexible dendrimers in a solution. An extensive Monte Carlo simulation of the one-dimensional GEM-4 model [S. Prestipino, Phys. Rev. E 90, 042306 (2014)] has recently provided evidence of an infinite sequence of low-temperature cluster phases, however, also suggesting that upon pushing the simulation forward what seemed a true transition may eventually prove to be only a sharp crossover. We hereby investigate this problem theoretically by use of three different and increasingly sophisticated approaches (i.e., a mean-field theory, the transfer matrix of a lattice model of clusters, and the exact treatment of a system of point clusters in the continuum) to conclude that the alleged transitions of the one-dimensional GEM-4 system are likely just crossovers.

Probing the existence of phase transitions in one-dimensional fluids of penetrable particles

TASINATO, Nicola
2015

Abstract

Phase transitions in one-dimensional classical fluids are usually ruled out by using van Hove's theorem. A way to circumvent the conclusions of the theorem is to consider an interparticle potential that is everywhere bounded. Such is the case of, e.g., the generalized exponential model of index 4 (GEM-4 potential), which in three dimensions gives a reasonable description of the effective repulsion between flexible dendrimers in a solution. An extensive Monte Carlo simulation of the one-dimensional GEM-4 model [S. Prestipino, Phys. Rev. E 90, 042306 (2014)] has recently provided evidence of an infinite sequence of low-temperature cluster phases, however, also suggesting that upon pushing the simulation forward what seemed a true transition may eventually prove to be only a sharp crossover. We hereby investigate this problem theoretically by use of three different and increasingly sophisticated approaches (i.e., a mean-field theory, the transfer matrix of a lattice model of clusters, and the exact treatment of a system of point clusters in the continuum) to conclude that the alleged transitions of the one-dimensional GEM-4 system are likely just crossovers.
2015
Settore CHIM/12 - Chimica dell'Ambiente e dei Beni Culturali
Intelligent systems; Lattice theory; Mean field theory; Temperature; Transfer matrix method Classical fluids; Cluster phasis; Exponential models; Interparticle potential; Lattice modeling; Low temperatures; Point clusters; Three dimensions
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