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Hard-disk equation of state: first-order liquid-hexatic transition in two dimensions with three simulation methods.

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In this paper, large-scale computer simulations of the hard disk system at high densities in the region of the melting transition are presented, where the authors reproduce the equation of state, previously obtained using the event-chain Monte Carlo algorithm, with a massively parallel implementation of the local Monte Carlo method and with event-driven molecular dynamics.
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We report large-scale computer simulations of the hard-disk system at high densities in the region of the melting transition. Our simulations reproduce the equation of state, previously obtained using the event-chain Monte Carlo algorithm, with a massively parallel implementation of the local Monte Carlo method and with event-driven molecular dynamics. We analyze the relative performance of these simulation methods to sample configuration space and approach equilibrium. Our results confirm the first-order nature of the melting phase transition in hard disks. Phase coexistence is visualized for individual configurations via the orientational order parameter field. The analysis of positional order confirms the existence of the hexatic phase.

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Statistical Mechanics: Algorithms and Computations

Werner Krauth
TL;DR: In this paper, Monte Carlo Methods are used for hard disks and spheres, density matrices and path integral, order and disorder in spin systems, and dynamic Monte-Carlo Methods.
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