title: Continuous freezing in three dimensions.
abstract: We analyze the freezing transition in a system of hard particles with a very long-ranged repulsion. The long-range repulsion makes first-order freezing transitions continuous, but leaves the initial stages of the crystallization unchanged: the crystal phase must still nucleate. The coexistence between bulk phases is replaced by microphase separation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Richard P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Sear
authors.forename: Daan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Frenkel