Close-packed configurations, 'symmetry breaking', and the freezing transition in density functional theory

被引：25

作者：

Rosenfeld, Y

机构：

[1] H H Wills Physics Laboratory, Bristol University, Royal Fort, Bristol BS8 1TL, Tyndall Avenue

[2] Nuclear Research Centre, Negev, Beer-Sheva 84190

来源：

JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER | 1996年 / 8卷 / 50期

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D O I：

10.1088/0953-8984/8/50/004

中图分类号：

O469 [凝聚态物理学];

学科分类号：

070205 ;

摘要：

It is shown that the density functional theory for the non-uniform hard-sphere fluid, which employs the geometrically based fundamental-measure free-energy functional, (1) has the mechanism to locate situations of hard-sphere closest packing, (2) features 'symmetry breaking' that separates the solid-like and liquid-like solutions for the density profile equation, and (3) contains the free-volume cell theory as a special limit case.

引用

页码：L795 / L801

页数：7

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