Phase Diagram of a System of Hard Ellipsoids

D. Frenkel; B. M. Mulder; J. P. McTague

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.52.287

Phase Diagram of a System of Hard Ellipsoids

D. Frenkel, B. M. Mulder, and J. P. McTague

Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 287 – Published 23 January 1984

Abstract

The phase diagram of a system of hard ellipsoids of revolution was investigated by means of constant-pressure Monte Carlo simulation. Prolate as well as oblate ellipsoids were considered. The results for the isotherms of the system at several different values of the length-to-breadth ratio are presented. Four different phases of the system are identified and a tentative picture of the phase diagram is given.