Lennard-Jones Devonshire Cell Theory: A Cautionary Tale

Condensed Matter lunchtime seminar

Lennard-Jones Devonshire Cell Theory: A Cautionary Tale

  • Event time: 1:00pm
  • Event date: 23rd July 2001
  • Speaker: James Magee (University of Edinburgh)
  • Location: Room 2511,

Event details

I investigate claims by Sadr-Lahijany, et al [1], of evidence for a liquid-liquid phase transition found using a LJD-like cell theory [2]. I will describe this class of theory, and hope to convince you that the interpretation of the earliest cell theory results [2] was flawed. I also hope to show that the extra transition line and critical point found with cell theory in [1] need not represent a liquid-liquid transition at all. [1] Sadr-Lahijany, M.R., Scala, A., Buldyrev, S.V., Stanley, H.E., Phys. Rev. Lett 81, 4895-8 (1998)
[2] Lennard-Jones, J.E., Devonshire, A.F., Proc. Roy. Soc. (London) A163, 53 (1937); A165, 1 (1938); A169, 317 (1939); A170, 464 (1939)

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