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Phys. Rev. E 69, 056103 (2004) [9 pages]

Fcc-bcc transition for Yukawa interactions determined by applied strain deformation

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Robert S. Hoy* and Mark O. Robbins
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA

Received 31 December 2003; published 6 May 2004

Calculations of the work required to transform between bcc and fcc phases yield a high-precision bcc-fcc transition line for monodisperse point Yukawa (screened-Coulomb) systems. Our results agree qualitatively but not quantitatively with recently published simulations and phenomenological criteria for the bcc-fcc transition. In particular, the bcc-fcc-fluid triple point lies at a higher inverse screening length than previously reported.

© 2004 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.69.056103
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevE.69.056103
PACS:
64.60−i, 52.27.Lw, 82.70.Dd

*Electronic address: robhoy@pha.jhu.edu