Continuous freezing in three dimensions.
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.
Sear
Richard P
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Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, United Kingdom.
Frenkel
Daan
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