Abstract
We extend the analysis of orientational first-order phase transitions in anisotropic molecular fluids at high spatial dimensionality to hard-disk fluids, and then to mixture of hard disks and hard spheres. The effect of hard-sphere admixture depends sensitively on the relative sizes of the two geometrical objects, and large spheres completely quench the disk transition. An introductory study is made of spatially ordered states.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 135-151 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Journal of Statistical Physics |
Volume | 100 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2000 |
Keywords
- Anisotropic fluid
- Fluid mixture
- Hard particles
- High-dimensional space
- Phase transition
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Mathematical Physics