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Two-Step Melting in Two Dimensions: First-Order Liquid-Hexatic Transition

by: Etienne P. Bernard, Werner Krauth
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 107 (Oct 2011), 155704, doi:10.1103/physrevlett.107.155704  Key: citeulike:11924210

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Melting in two spatial dimensions, as realized in thin films or at interfaces, represents one of the most fascinating phase transitions in nature, but it remains poorly understood. Even for the fundamental hard-disk model, the melting mechanism has not been agreed upon after 50 years of studies. A recent Monte Carlo algorithm allows us to thermalize systems large enough to access the thermodynamic regime. We show that melting in hard disks proceeds in two steps with a liquid phase, a hexatic phase, and a solid. The hexatic-solid transition is continuous while, surprisingly, the liquid-hexatic transition is of first order. This melting scenario solves one of the fundamental statistical-physics models, which is at the root of a large body of theoretical, computational, and experimental research.


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