title: Note: Sound velocity of a soft sphere model near the fluid-solid phase transition.
abstract: The quasilocalized charge approximation is applied to estimate the sound velocity of simple soft sphere fluid with the repulsive inverse-power-law interaction. The obtained results are discussed in the context of the sound velocity of the hard-sphere system and of liquid metals at the melting temperature.
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille-Université, CNRS, Laboratoire PIIM, UMR 7345, 13397 Marseille cedex 20, France; Forschungsgruppe Komplexe Plasmen, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany; and Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Sergey A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Khrapak