TY - JOUR
T1 - Thermodynamics of a lattice gas with linear attractive potential
AU - Pirjol, Dan
AU - Schat, Carlos
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PY - 2015/1/6
Y1 - 2015/1/6
N2 - We study the equilibrium thermodynamics of a one-dimensional lattice gas with interaction V ( i - j ) = -1/μn{ε - 1/n |i- j|} given by the superposition of a universal attractive interaction with strength -1/μn ε< 0, and a linear attractive potential 1/μn2 |i-j|. The interaction is rescaled with the lattice size n, such that the thermodynamical limit n → ∞ is well-behaved. The thermodynamical properties of the system can be found exactly, both for a finite size lattice and in the thermodynamical limit n → ∞. The lattice gas can be mapped to a system of non-interacting bosons which are placed on known energy levels. The exact solution shows that the system has a liquid-gas phase transition for ε > 0. In the large temperature limit T » T0(ρ) = ρ2/(4μ) with ρ the density, the system becomes spatially homogeneous, and the equation of state is given to a good approximation by a lattice version of the van der Waals equation, with critical temperature Tc (vdW) = 1/12μ(3ε - 1 ).
AB - We study the equilibrium thermodynamics of a one-dimensional lattice gas with interaction V ( i - j ) = -1/μn{ε - 1/n |i- j|} given by the superposition of a universal attractive interaction with strength -1/μn ε< 0, and a linear attractive potential 1/μn2 |i-j|. The interaction is rescaled with the lattice size n, such that the thermodynamical limit n → ∞ is well-behaved. The thermodynamical properties of the system can be found exactly, both for a finite size lattice and in the thermodynamical limit n → ∞. The lattice gas can be mapped to a system of non-interacting bosons which are placed on known energy levels. The exact solution shows that the system has a liquid-gas phase transition for ε > 0. In the large temperature limit T » T0(ρ) = ρ2/(4μ) with ρ the density, the system becomes spatially homogeneous, and the equation of state is given to a good approximation by a lattice version of the van der Waals equation, with critical temperature Tc (vdW) = 1/12μ(3ε - 1 ).
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U2 - 10.1063/1.4904833
DO - 10.1063/1.4904833
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84923831972
SN - 0022-2488
VL - 56
JO - Journal of Mathematical Physics
JF - Journal of Mathematical Physics
IS - 1
M1 - 013303
ER -