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	where <math> \Phi_{12}\left(r \right) </math> is the [[intermolecular pair potential]] between two disks at a distance <math>r := \|\mathbf{r}_1 - \mathbf{r}_2\|</math>, and <math> \sigma </math> is the diameter of the disk. This page treats hard disks in a two-dimensional space, for three dimensions see the page [[hard disks in a three dimensional space]].		where <math> \Phi_{12}\left(r \right) </math> is the [[intermolecular pair potential]] between two disks at a distance <math>r := \|\mathbf{r}_1 - \mathbf{r}_2\|</math>, and <math> \sigma </math> is the diameter of the disk. This page treats hard disks in a two-dimensional space, for three dimensions see the page [[hard disks in a three dimensional space]].
	==Phase transitions==		==Phase transitions==
	Despite the apparent simplicity of this model/system, the phase behaviour and the nature of the phase transitions remains an area of active study ever since the early work of Alder and Wainwright <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.127.359 B. J. Alder and T. E. Wainwright "Phase Transition in Elastic Disks", Physical Review '''127''' pp. 359-361 (1962)]</ref>. Recent works show a phase diagram containing an isotropic, a hexatic, and a solid phase <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.73.065104 C. H. Mak "Large-scale simulations of the two-dimensional melting of hard disks", Physical Review E '''73''' 065104(R) (2006)]</ref>. Highly efficient event-chain Monte Carlo simulations of over 1 million hard disks by Bernard and Krauth have solidified this picture, with a first-order phase transition between the fluid and hexatic phase at ~~packing fraction~~ <math>\eta = 0.~~700~~</math>, and a continuous transition between the hexatic and solid phases at <math>\eta = 0.~~716~~</math> <ref>[https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.155704 E. P. Bernard and W. Krauth "Two-Step Melting in Two Dimensions: First-Order Liquid-Hexatic Transition", Physical Review Letters '''107''' 155704 (2011)]</ref>. Note that the maximum possible packing fraction is given by <math>\eta = \pi / \sqrt{12} \approx 0.906899...</math> <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01181430 L. Fejes Tóth "Über einen geometrischen Satz." Mathematische Zeitschrift '''46''' pp. 83-85 (1940)]</ref>. This scenario has since been confirmed using a variety of simulation methods <ref>[https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.155704 M. Engel, J. A. Anderson, S. C. Glotzer, M. Tsobe, E. P. Bernard, and W. Krauth "Hard-disk equation of state: First-order liquid-hexatic transition in two dimensions with three simulation methods", Physical Review E '''87''' 042134 (2013)]</ref>.		Despite the apparent simplicity of this model/system, the phase behaviour and the nature of the phase transitions remains an area of active study ever since the early work of Alder and Wainwright <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.127.359 B. J. Alder and T. E. Wainwright "Phase Transition in Elastic Disks", Physical Review '''127''' pp. 359-361 (1962)]</ref>. Recent works show a phase diagram containing an isotropic, a hexatic, and a solid phase <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.73.065104 C. H. Mak "Large-scale simulations of the two-dimensional melting of hard disks", Physical Review E '''73''' 065104(R) (2006)]</ref>. Highly efficient event-chain Monte Carlo simulations of over 1 million hard disks by Bernard and Krauth have solidified this picture, with a first-order phase transition between the fluid at packing fraction <math>\eta = 0.700</math> and the hexatic phase at <math>\eta = 0.716</math>, and a continuous transition between the hexatic and solid phases at <math>\eta = 0.720</math> <ref>[https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.155704 E. P. Bernard and W. Krauth "Two-Step Melting in Two Dimensions: First-Order Liquid-Hexatic Transition", Physical Review Letters '''107''' 155704 (2011)]</ref>. Note that the maximum possible packing fraction is given by <math>\eta = \pi / \sqrt{12} \approx 0.906899...</math> <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01181430 L. Fejes Tóth "Über einen geometrischen Satz." Mathematische Zeitschrift '''46''' pp. 83-85 (1940)]</ref>. This scenario has since been confirmed using a variety of simulation methods <ref>[https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.155704 M. Engel, J. A. Anderson, S. C. Glotzer, M. Tsobe, E. P. Bernard, and W. Krauth "Hard-disk equation of state: First-order liquid-hexatic transition in two dimensions with three simulation methods", Physical Review E '''87''' 042134 (2013)]</ref>.

	Similar results have been found using the [[BBGKY hierarchy]] <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3491039 Jarosław Piasecki, Piotr Szymczak, and John J. Kozak "Prediction of a structural transition in the hard disk fluid", Journal of Chemical Physics '''133''' 164507 (2010)]</ref> and by studying tessellations (the hexatic region: <math>0.680 < \eta < 0.729</math>) <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp806287e John J. Kozak, Jack Brzezinski and Stuart A. Rice "A Conjecture Concerning the Symmetries of Planar Nets and the Hard disk Freezing Transition", Journal of Physical Chemistry B '''112''' pp. 16059-16069 (2008)]</ref>. Also studied via [[integral equations]] <ref>[https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5026496 Luis Mier-y-Terán, Brian Ignacio Machorro-Martínez, Gustavo A. Chapela, and Fernando del Río "Study of the hard-disk system at high densities: the fluid-hexatic phase transition", Journal of Chemical Physics '''148''' 234502 (2018)]</ref>.		Similar results have been found using the [[BBGKY hierarchy]] <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3491039 Jarosław Piasecki, Piotr Szymczak, and John J. Kozak "Prediction of a structural transition in the hard disk fluid", Journal of Chemical Physics '''133''' 164507 (2010)]</ref> and by studying tessellations (the hexatic region: <math>0.680 < \eta < 0.729</math>) <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp806287e John J. Kozak, Jack Brzezinski and Stuart A. Rice "A Conjecture Concerning the Symmetries of Planar Nets and the Hard disk Freezing Transition", Journal of Physical Chemistry B '''112''' pp. 16059-16069 (2008)]</ref>. Also studied via [[integral equations]] <ref>[https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5026496 Luis Mier-y-Terán, Brian Ignacio Machorro-Martínez, Gustavo A. Chapela, and Fernando del Río "Study of the hard-disk system at high densities: the fluid-hexatic phase transition", Journal of Chemical Physics '''148''' 234502 (2018)]</ref>.

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	where <math> \Phi_{12}\left(r \right) </math> is the [[intermolecular pair potential]] between two disks at a distance <math>r := \|\mathbf{r}_1 - \mathbf{r}_2\|</math>, and <math> \sigma </math> is the diameter of the disk. This page treats hard disks in a two-dimensional space, for three dimensions see the page [[hard disks in a three dimensional space]].		where <math> \Phi_{12}\left(r \right) </math> is the [[intermolecular pair potential]] between two disks at a distance <math>r := \|\mathbf{r}_1 - \mathbf{r}_2\|</math>, and <math> \sigma </math> is the diameter of the disk. This page treats hard disks in a two-dimensional space, for three dimensions see the page [[hard disks in a three dimensional space]].
	==Phase transitions==		==Phase transitions==
	Despite the apparent simplicity of this model/system, the phase behaviour and the nature of the phase transitions remains an area of active study ever since the early work of Alder and Wainwright <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.127.359 B. J. Alder and T. E. Wainwright "Phase Transition in Elastic Disks", Physical Review '''127''' pp. 359-361 (1962)]</ref>. In a ~~recent publication by Mak~~ <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.73.065104 C. H. Mak "Large-scale simulations of the two-dimensional melting of hard disks", Physical Review E '''73''' 065104(R) (2006)]</ref> ~~using~~ over 4 million ~~particles <math>(2048^2)</math> one appears to~~ have the phase ~~diagram isotropic~~ <math>(\eta < 0.~~699)~~</math>, a hexatic ~~phase,~~ and a solid ~~phase~~ <math>(\eta > 0.~~723)~~</math> (the maximum possible packing fraction is given by <math>\eta = \pi / \sqrt{12} \approx 0.906899...</math> <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01181430 L. Fejes Tóth "Über einen geometrischen Satz." Mathematische Zeitschrift '''46''' pp. 83-85 (1940)]</ref>) . Similar results have been found using the [[BBGKY hierarchy]] <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3491039 Jarosław Piasecki, Piotr Szymczak, and John J. Kozak "Prediction of a structural transition in the hard disk fluid", Journal of Chemical Physics '''133''' 164507 (2010)]</ref> and by studying tessellations (the hexatic region: <math>0.680 < \eta < 0.729</math>) <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp806287e John J. Kozak, Jack Brzezinski and Stuart A. Rice "A Conjecture Concerning the Symmetries of Planar Nets and the Hard disk Freezing Transition", Journal of Physical Chemistry B '''112''' pp. 16059-16069 (2008)]</ref>. Also studied via [[integral equations]] <ref>[https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5026496 Luis Mier-y-Terán, Brian Ignacio Machorro-Martínez, Gustavo A. Chapela, and Fernando del Río "Study of the hard-disk system at high densities: the fluid-hexatic phase transition", Journal of Chemical Physics '''148''' 234502 (2018)]</ref>.		Despite the apparent simplicity of this model/system, the phase behaviour and the nature of the phase transitions remains an area of active study ever since the early work of Alder and Wainwright <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.127.359 B. J. Alder and T. E. Wainwright "Phase Transition in Elastic Disks", Physical Review '''127''' pp. 359-361 (1962)]</ref>. Recent works show a phase diagram containing an isotropic, a hexatic, and a solid phase <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.73.065104 C. H. Mak "Large-scale simulations of the two-dimensional melting of hard disks", Physical Review E '''73''' 065104(R) (2006)]</ref>. Highly efficient event-chain Monte Carlo simulations of over 1 million hard disks by Bernard and Krauth have solidified this picture, with a first-order phase transition between the fluid and hexatic phase at packing fraction <math>\eta = 0.700</math>, and a continuous transition between the hexatic and solid phases at <math>\eta = 0.716</math> <ref>[https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.155704 E. P. Bernard and W. Krauth "Two-Step Melting in Two Dimensions: First-Order Liquid-Hexatic Transition", Physical Review Letters '''107''' 155704 (2011)]</ref>. Note that the maximum possible packing fraction is given by <math>\eta = \pi / \sqrt{12} \approx 0.906899...</math> <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01181430 L. Fejes Tóth "Über einen geometrischen Satz." Mathematische Zeitschrift '''46''' pp. 83-85 (1940)]</ref>. This scenario has since been confirmed using a variety of simulation methods <ref>[https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.155704 M. Engel, J. A. Anderson, S. C. Glotzer, M. Tsobe, E. P. Bernard, and W. Krauth "Hard-disk equation of state: First-order liquid-hexatic transition in two dimensions with three simulation methods", Physical Review E '''87''' 042134 (2013)]</ref>.

			Similar results have been found using the [[BBGKY hierarchy]] <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3491039 Jarosław Piasecki, Piotr Szymczak, and John J. Kozak "Prediction of a structural transition in the hard disk fluid", Journal of Chemical Physics '''133''' 164507 (2010)]</ref> and by studying tessellations (the hexatic region: <math>0.680 < \eta < 0.729</math>) <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp806287e John J. Kozak, Jack Brzezinski and Stuart A. Rice "A Conjecture Concerning the Symmetries of Planar Nets and the Hard disk Freezing Transition", Journal of Physical Chemistry B '''112''' pp. 16059-16069 (2008)]</ref>. Also studied via [[integral equations]] <ref>[https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5026496 Luis Mier-y-Terán, Brian Ignacio Machorro-Martínez, Gustavo A. Chapela, and Fernando del Río "Study of the hard-disk system at high densities: the fluid-hexatic phase transition", Journal of Chemical Physics '''148''' 234502 (2018)]</ref>.
	Experimental results <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.158001 Alice L. Thorneywork, Joshua L. Abbott, Dirk G. A. L. Aarts, and Roel P. A. Dullens "Two-Dimensional Melting of Colloidal Hard Spheres", Physical Review Letters '''118''' 158001 (2017)]</ref>.		Experimental results <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.158001 Alice L. Thorneywork, Joshua L. Abbott, Dirk G. A. L. Aarts, and Roel P. A. Dullens "Two-Dimensional Melting of Colloidal Hard Spheres", Physical Review Letters '''118''' 158001 (2017)]</ref>.

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	where <math> \Phi_{12}\left(r \right) </math> is the [[intermolecular pair potential]] between two disks at a distance <math>r := \|\mathbf{r}_1 - \mathbf{r}_2\|</math>, and <math> \sigma </math> is the diameter of the disk. This page treats hard disks in a two-dimensional space, for three dimensions see the page [[hard disks in a three dimensional space]].		where <math> \Phi_{12}\left(r \right) </math> is the [[intermolecular pair potential]] between two disks at a distance <math>r := \|\mathbf{r}_1 - \mathbf{r}_2\|</math>, and <math> \sigma </math> is the diameter of the disk. This page treats hard disks in a two-dimensional space, for three dimensions see the page [[hard disks in a three dimensional space]].
	==Phase transitions==		==Phase transitions==
	Despite the apparent simplicity of this model/system, the phase behaviour and the nature of the phase transitions remains an area of active study ever since the early work of Alder and Wainwright <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.127.359 B. J. Alder and T. E. Wainwright "Phase Transition in Elastic Disks", Physical Review '''127''' pp. 359-361 (1962)]</ref>. In a recent publication by Mak <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.73.065104 C. H. Mak "Large-scale simulations of the two-dimensional melting of hard disks", Physical Review E '''73''' 065104(R) (2006)]</ref> using over 4 million particles <math>(2048^2)</math> one appears to have the phase diagram isotropic <math>(\eta < 0.699)</math>, a hexatic phase, and a solid phase <math>(\eta > 0.723)</math> (the maximum possible packing fraction is given by <math>\eta = \pi / \sqrt{12} \approx 0.906899...</math> <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01181430 L. Fejes Tóth "Über einen geometrischen Satz." Mathematische Zeitschrift '''46''' pp. 83-85 (1940)]</ref>) . Similar results have been found using the [[BBGKY hierarchy]] <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3491039 Jarosław Piasecki, Piotr Szymczak, and John J. Kozak "Prediction of a structural transition in the hard disk fluid", Journal of Chemical Physics '''133''' 164507 (2010)]</ref> and by studying tessellations (the hexatic region: <math>0.680 < \eta < 0.729</math>) <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp806287e John J. Kozak, Jack Brzezinski and Stuart A. Rice "A Conjecture Concerning the Symmetries of Planar Nets and the Hard disk Freezing Transition", Journal of Physical Chemistry B '''112''' pp. 16059-16069 (2008)]</ref>.		Despite the apparent simplicity of this model/system, the phase behaviour and the nature of the phase transitions remains an area of active study ever since the early work of Alder and Wainwright <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.127.359 B. J. Alder and T. E. Wainwright "Phase Transition in Elastic Disks", Physical Review '''127''' pp. 359-361 (1962)]</ref>. In a recent publication by Mak <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.73.065104 C. H. Mak "Large-scale simulations of the two-dimensional melting of hard disks", Physical Review E '''73''' 065104(R) (2006)]</ref> using over 4 million particles <math>(2048^2)</math> one appears to have the phase diagram isotropic <math>(\eta < 0.699)</math>, a hexatic phase, and a solid phase <math>(\eta > 0.723)</math> (the maximum possible packing fraction is given by <math>\eta = \pi / \sqrt{12} \approx 0.906899...</math> <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01181430 L. Fejes Tóth "Über einen geometrischen Satz." Mathematische Zeitschrift '''46''' pp. 83-85 (1940)]</ref>) . Similar results have been found using the [[BBGKY hierarchy]] <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3491039 Jarosław Piasecki, Piotr Szymczak, and John J. Kozak "Prediction of a structural transition in the hard disk fluid", Journal of Chemical Physics '''133''' 164507 (2010)]</ref> and by studying tessellations (the hexatic region: <math>0.680 < \eta < 0.729</math>) <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp806287e John J. Kozak, Jack Brzezinski and Stuart A. Rice "A Conjecture Concerning the Symmetries of Planar Nets and the Hard disk Freezing Transition", Journal of Physical Chemistry B '''112''' pp. 16059-16069 (2008)]</ref>. Also studied via [[integral equations]] <ref>[https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5026496 Luis Mier-y-Terán, Brian Ignacio Machorro-Martínez, Gustavo A. Chapela, and Fernando del Río "Study of the hard-disk system at high densities: the fluid-hexatic phase transition", Journal of Chemical Physics '''148''' 234502 (2018)]</ref>.
	Experimental results <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.158001 Alice L. Thorneywork, Joshua L. Abbott, Dirk G. A. L. Aarts, and Roel P. A. Dullens "Two-Dimensional Melting of Colloidal Hard Spheres", Physical Review Letters '''118''' 158001 (2017)]</ref>.		Experimental results <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.158001 Alice L. Thorneywork, Joshua L. Abbott, Dirk G. A. L. Aarts, and Roel P. A. Dullens "Two-Dimensional Melting of Colloidal Hard Spheres", Physical Review Letters '''118''' 158001 (2017)]</ref>.

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	==Phase transitions==		==Phase transitions==
	Despite the apparent simplicity of this model/system, the phase behaviour and the nature of the phase transitions remains an area of active study ever since the early work of Alder and Wainwright <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.127.359 B. J. Alder and T. E. Wainwright "Phase Transition in Elastic Disks", Physical Review '''127''' pp. 359-361 (1962)]</ref>. In a recent publication by Mak <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.73.065104 C. H. Mak "Large-scale simulations of the two-dimensional melting of hard disks", Physical Review E '''73''' 065104(R) (2006)]</ref> using over 4 million particles <math>(2048^2)</math> one appears to have the phase diagram isotropic <math>(\eta < 0.699)</math>, a hexatic phase, and a solid phase <math>(\eta > 0.723)</math> (the maximum possible packing fraction is given by <math>\eta = \pi / \sqrt{12} \approx 0.906899...</math> <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01181430 L. Fejes Tóth "Über einen geometrischen Satz." Mathematische Zeitschrift '''46''' pp. 83-85 (1940)]</ref>) . Similar results have been found using the [[BBGKY hierarchy]] <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3491039 Jarosław Piasecki, Piotr Szymczak, and John J. Kozak "Prediction of a structural transition in the hard disk fluid", Journal of Chemical Physics '''133''' 164507 (2010)]</ref> and by studying tessellations (the hexatic region: <math>0.680 < \eta < 0.729</math>) <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp806287e John J. Kozak, Jack Brzezinski and Stuart A. Rice "A Conjecture Concerning the Symmetries of Planar Nets and the Hard disk Freezing Transition", Journal of Physical Chemistry B '''112''' pp. 16059-16069 (2008)]</ref>.		Despite the apparent simplicity of this model/system, the phase behaviour and the nature of the phase transitions remains an area of active study ever since the early work of Alder and Wainwright <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.127.359 B. J. Alder and T. E. Wainwright "Phase Transition in Elastic Disks", Physical Review '''127''' pp. 359-361 (1962)]</ref>. In a recent publication by Mak <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.73.065104 C. H. Mak "Large-scale simulations of the two-dimensional melting of hard disks", Physical Review E '''73''' 065104(R) (2006)]</ref> using over 4 million particles <math>(2048^2)</math> one appears to have the phase diagram isotropic <math>(\eta < 0.699)</math>, a hexatic phase, and a solid phase <math>(\eta > 0.723)</math> (the maximum possible packing fraction is given by <math>\eta = \pi / \sqrt{12} \approx 0.906899...</math> <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01181430 L. Fejes Tóth "Über einen geometrischen Satz." Mathematische Zeitschrift '''46''' pp. 83-85 (1940)]</ref>) . Similar results have been found using the [[BBGKY hierarchy]] <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3491039 Jarosław Piasecki, Piotr Szymczak, and John J. Kozak "Prediction of a structural transition in the hard disk fluid", Journal of Chemical Physics '''133''' 164507 (2010)]</ref> and by studying tessellations (the hexatic region: <math>0.680 < \eta < 0.729</math>) <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp806287e John J. Kozak, Jack Brzezinski and Stuart A. Rice "A Conjecture Concerning the Symmetries of Planar Nets and the Hard disk Freezing Transition", Journal of Physical Chemistry B '''112''' pp. 16059-16069 (2008)]</ref>.
			Experimental results <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.158001 Alice L. Thorneywork, Joshua L. Abbott, Dirk G. A. L. Aarts, and Roel P. A. Dullens "Two-Dimensional Melting of Colloidal Hard Spheres", Physical Review Letters '''118''' 158001 (2017)]</ref>.

	==Equations of state==		==Equations of state==
	:''Main article: [[Equations of state for hard disks]]''		:''Main article: [[Equations of state for hard disks]]''

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	==Phase transitions==		==Phase transitions==
	Despite the apparent simplicity of this model/system, the phase behaviour and the nature of the phase transitions remains an area of active study ever since the early work of Alder and Wainwright <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.127.359 B. J. Alder and T. E. Wainwright "Phase Transition in Elastic Disks", Physical Review '''127''' pp. 359-361 (1962)]</ref>. In a recent publication by Mak <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.73.065104 C. H. Mak "Large-scale simulations of the two-dimensional melting of hard disks", Physical Review E '''73''' 065104(R) (2006)]</ref> using over 4 million particles <math>(2048^2)</math> one appears to have the phase diagram isotropic <math>(\eta < 0.699)</math>, a hexatic phase, and a solid phase <math>(\eta > 0.723)</math> (the maximum possible packing fraction is given by <math>\eta = \pi / \sqrt{12} \approx 0.906899...</math> <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01181430 L. Fejes Tóth "Über einen geometrischen Satz." Mathematische Zeitschrift '''46''' pp. 83-85 (1940)]</ref>) . Similar results have been found using the [[BBGKY hierarchy]] <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3491039 Jarosław Piasecki, Piotr Szymczak, and John J. Kozak "Prediction of a structural transition in the hard disk fluid", Journal of Chemical Physics '''133''' 164507 (2010)]</ref> and by studying tessellations (the hexatic region: <math>0.680 < \eta < 0.729</math>) <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp806287e John J. Kozak, Jack Brzezinski and Stuart A. Rice "A Conjecture Concerning the Symmetries of Planar Nets and the Hard disk Freezing Transition", Journal of Physical Chemistry B '''112''' pp. 16059-16069 (2008)]</ref>.		Despite the apparent simplicity of this model/system, the phase behaviour and the nature of the phase transitions remains an area of active study ever since the early work of Alder and Wainwright <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.127.359 B. J. Alder and T. E. Wainwright "Phase Transition in Elastic Disks", Physical Review '''127''' pp. 359-361 (1962)]</ref>. In a recent publication by Mak <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.73.065104 C. H. Mak "Large-scale simulations of the two-dimensional melting of hard disks", Physical Review E '''73''' 065104(R) (2006)]</ref> using over 4 million particles <math>(2048^2)</math> one appears to have the phase diagram isotropic <math>(\eta < 0.699)</math>, a hexatic phase, and a solid phase <math>(\eta > 0.723)</math> (the maximum possible packing fraction is given by <math>\eta = \pi / \sqrt{12} \approx 0.906899...</math> <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01181430 L. Fejes Tóth "Über einen geometrischen Satz." Mathematische Zeitschrift '''46''' pp. 83-85 (1940)]</ref>) . Similar results have been found using the [[BBGKY hierarchy]] <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3491039 Jarosław Piasecki, Piotr Szymczak, and John J. Kozak "Prediction of a structural transition in the hard disk fluid", Journal of Chemical Physics '''133''' 164507 (2010)]</ref> and by studying tessellations (the hexatic region: <math>0.680 < \eta < 0.729</math>) <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp806287e John J. Kozak, Jack Brzezinski and Stuart A. Rice "A Conjecture Concerning the Symmetries of Planar Nets and the Hard disk Freezing Transition", Journal of Physical Chemistry B '''112''' pp. 16059-16069 (2008)]</ref>.

	==Equations of state==		==Equations of state==
	:''Main article: [[Equations of state for hard disks]]''		:''Main article: [[Equations of state for hard disks]]''
	==Virial coefficients==		==Virial coefficients==
	:''Main article: [[Hard sphere: virial coefficients]]''		:''Main article: [[Hard sphere: virial coefficients]]''
			==See also==
			*[[Binary hard-disk mixtures]]
	==References==		==References==
	<references/>		<references/>

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	*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.30.2755 Katherine J. Strandburg, John A. Zollweg, and G. V. Chester "Bond-angular order in two-dimensional Lennard-Jones and hard-disk systems", Physical Review B '''30''' pp. 2755 - 2759 (1984)]		*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.30.2755 Katherine J. Strandburg, John A. Zollweg, and G. V. Chester "Bond-angular order in two-dimensional Lennard-Jones and hard-disk systems", Physical Review B '''30''' pp. 2755 - 2759 (1984)]
	*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00222-003-0304-9 Nándor Simányi "Proof of the Boltzmann-Sinai ergodic hypothesis for typical hard disk systems", Inventiones Mathematicae '''154''' pp. 123-178 (2003)]		*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00222-003-0304-9 Nándor Simányi "Proof of the Boltzmann-Sinai ergodic hypothesis for typical hard disk systems", Inventiones Mathematicae '''154''' pp. 123-178 (2003)]
			*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3687921 Roland Roth, Klaus Mecke, and Martin Oettel "Communication: Fundamental measure theory for hard disks: Fluid and solid", Journal of Chemical Physics '''136''' 081101 (2012)]

	==External links==		==External links==
	*[http://www.smac.lps.ens.fr/index.php/Programs_Chapter_2:_Hard_disks_and_spheres Hard disks and spheres] computer code on SMAC-wiki.		*[http://www.smac.lps.ens.fr/index.php/Programs_Chapter_2:_Hard_disks_and_spheres Hard disks and spheres] computer code on SMAC-wiki.
	[[Category: Models]]		[[Category: Models]]

Carl McBride: /* Phase transitions */ Added classic reference

2011-10-19T13:54:41Z

Phase transitions: Added classic reference

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	where <math> \Phi_{12}\left(r \right) </math> is the [[intermolecular pair potential]] between two disks at a distance <math>r := \|\mathbf{r}_1 - \mathbf{r}_2\|</math>, and <math> \sigma </math> is the diameter of the disk. This page treats hard disks in a two-dimensional space, for three dimensions see the page [[hard disks in a three dimensional space]].		where <math> \Phi_{12}\left(r \right) </math> is the [[intermolecular pair potential]] between two disks at a distance <math>r := \|\mathbf{r}_1 - \mathbf{r}_2\|</math>, and <math> \sigma </math> is the diameter of the disk. This page treats hard disks in a two-dimensional space, for three dimensions see the page [[hard disks in a three dimensional space]].
	==Phase transitions==		==Phase transitions==
	Despite the apparent simplicity of this model/system, the phase behaviour and the nature of the phase transitions remains an area of active study. In a recent publication by Mak <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.73.065104 C. H. Mak "Large-scale simulations of the two-dimensional melting of hard disks", Physical Review E '''73''' 065104(R) (2006)]</ref> using over 4 million particles <math>(2048^2)</math> one appears to have the phase diagram isotropic <math>(\eta < 0.699)</math>, a hexatic phase, and a solid phase <math>(\eta > 0.723)</math> (the maximum possible packing fraction is given by <math>\eta = \pi / \sqrt{12} \approx 0.906899...</math> <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01181430 L. Fejes Tóth "Über einen geometrischen Satz." Mathematische Zeitschrift '''46''' pp. 83-85 (1940)]</ref>) . Similar results have been found using the [[BBGKY hierarchy]] <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3491039 Jarosław Piasecki, Piotr Szymczak, and John J. Kozak "Prediction of a structural transition in the hard disk fluid", Journal of Chemical Physics '''133''' 164507 (2010)]</ref> and by studying tessellations (the hexatic region: <math>0.680 < \eta < 0.729</math>) <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp806287e John J. Kozak, Jack Brzezinski and Stuart A. Rice "A Conjecture Concerning the Symmetries of Planar Nets and the Hard disk Freezing Transition", Journal of Physical Chemistry B '''112''' pp. 16059-16069 (2008)]</ref>.		Despite the apparent simplicity of this model/system, the phase behaviour and the nature of the phase transitions remains an area of active study ever since the early work of Alder and Wainwright <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.127.359 B. J. Alder and T. E. Wainwright "Phase Transition in Elastic Disks", Physical Review '''127''' pp. 359-361 (1962)]</ref>. In a recent publication by Mak <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.73.065104 C. H. Mak "Large-scale simulations of the two-dimensional melting of hard disks", Physical Review E '''73''' 065104(R) (2006)]</ref> using over 4 million particles <math>(2048^2)</math> one appears to have the phase diagram isotropic <math>(\eta < 0.699)</math>, a hexatic phase, and a solid phase <math>(\eta > 0.723)</math> (the maximum possible packing fraction is given by <math>\eta = \pi / \sqrt{12} \approx 0.906899...</math> <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01181430 L. Fejes Tóth "Über einen geometrischen Satz." Mathematische Zeitschrift '''46''' pp. 83-85 (1940)]</ref>) . Similar results have been found using the [[BBGKY hierarchy]] <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3491039 Jarosław Piasecki, Piotr Szymczak, and John J. Kozak "Prediction of a structural transition in the hard disk fluid", Journal of Chemical Physics '''133''' 164507 (2010)]</ref> and by studying tessellations (the hexatic region: <math>0.680 < \eta < 0.729</math>) <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp806287e John J. Kozak, Jack Brzezinski and Stuart A. Rice "A Conjecture Concerning the Symmetries of Planar Nets and the Hard disk Freezing Transition", Journal of Physical Chemistry B '''112''' pp. 16059-16069 (2008)]</ref>.

	==Equations of state==		==Equations of state==

Carl McBride: /* Phase transitions */ Added another reference

2011-10-19T13:50:19Z

Phase transitions: Added another reference

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	where <math> \Phi_{12}\left(r \right) </math> is the [[intermolecular pair potential]] between two disks at a distance <math>r := \|\mathbf{r}_1 - \mathbf{r}_2\|</math>, and <math> \sigma </math> is the diameter of the disk. This page treats hard disks in a two-dimensional space, for three dimensions see the page [[hard disks in a three dimensional space]].		where <math> \Phi_{12}\left(r \right) </math> is the [[intermolecular pair potential]] between two disks at a distance <math>r := \|\mathbf{r}_1 - \mathbf{r}_2\|</math>, and <math> \sigma </math> is the diameter of the disk. This page treats hard disks in a two-dimensional space, for three dimensions see the page [[hard disks in a three dimensional space]].
	==Phase transitions==		==Phase transitions==
	Despite the apparent simplicity of this model/system, the phase behaviour and the nature of the phase transitions remains an area of active study. In a recent publication by Mak <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.73.065104 C. H. Mak "Large-scale simulations of the two-dimensional melting of hard disks", Physical Review E '''73''' 065104(R) (2006)]</ref> using over 4 million particles <math>(2048^2)</math> one appears to have the phase diagram isotropic <math>(\~~rho \leq~~ 0.~~890~~)</math> hexatic <math>(\~~rho~~ > 0.~~920~~)</math> ~~solid~~. Similar results have been found using the [[BBGKY hierarchy]] <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3491039 Jarosław Piasecki, Piotr Szymczak, and John J. Kozak "Prediction of a structural transition in the hard disk fluid", Journal of Chemical Physics '''133''' 164507 (2010)]</ref>.		Despite the apparent simplicity of this model/system, the phase behaviour and the nature of the phase transitions remains an area of active study. In a recent publication by Mak <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.73.065104 C. H. Mak "Large-scale simulations of the two-dimensional melting of hard disks", Physical Review E '''73''' 065104(R) (2006)]</ref> using over 4 million particles <math>(2048^2)</math> one appears to have the phase diagram isotropic <math>(\eta < 0.699)</math>, a hexatic phase, and a solid phase <math>(\eta > 0.723)</math> (the maximum possible packing fraction is given by <math>\eta = \pi / \sqrt{12} \approx 0.906899...</math> <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01181430 L. Fejes Tóth "Über einen geometrischen Satz." Mathematische Zeitschrift '''46''' pp. 83-85 (1940)]</ref>) . Similar results have been found using the [[BBGKY hierarchy]] <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3491039 Jarosław Piasecki, Piotr Szymczak, and John J. Kozak "Prediction of a structural transition in the hard disk fluid", Journal of Chemical Physics '''133''' 164507 (2010)]</ref> and by studying tessellations (the hexatic region: <math>0.680 < \eta < 0.729</math>) <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp806287e John J. Kozak, Jack Brzezinski and Stuart A. Rice "A Conjecture Concerning the Symmetries of Planar Nets and the Hard disk Freezing Transition", Journal of Physical Chemistry B '''112''' pp. 16059-16069 (2008)]</ref>.

	==Equations of state==		==Equations of state==

Carl McBride: /* Phase transitions */ Added a recent publication

2010-10-26T10:00:23Z

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	where <math> \Phi_{12}\left(r \right) </math> is the [[intermolecular pair potential]] between two disks at a distance <math>r := \|\mathbf{r}_1 - \mathbf{r}_2\|</math>, and <math> \sigma </math> is the diameter of the disk. This page treats hard disks in a two-dimensional space, for three dimensions see the page [[hard disks in a three dimensional space]].		where <math> \Phi_{12}\left(r \right) </math> is the [[intermolecular pair potential]] between two disks at a distance <math>r := \|\mathbf{r}_1 - \mathbf{r}_2\|</math>, and <math> \sigma </math> is the diameter of the disk. This page treats hard disks in a two-dimensional space, for three dimensions see the page [[hard disks in a three dimensional space]].
	==Phase transitions==		==Phase transitions==
	Despite the apparent simplicity of this model/system, the phase behaviour and the nature of the phase transitions remains an area of active study. In a recent publication by Mak <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.73.065104 C. H. Mak "Large-scale simulations of the two-dimensional melting of hard disks", Physical Review E '''73''' 065104(R) (2006)]</ref> using over 4 million particles <math>(2048^2)</math> one appears to have the phase diagram isotropic <math>(\rho \leq 0.890)</math> hexatic <math>(\rho > 0.920)</math> solid.		Despite the apparent simplicity of this model/system, the phase behaviour and the nature of the phase transitions remains an area of active study. In a recent publication by Mak <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.73.065104 C. H. Mak "Large-scale simulations of the two-dimensional melting of hard disks", Physical Review E '''73''' 065104(R) (2006)]</ref> using over 4 million particles <math>(2048^2)</math> one appears to have the phase diagram isotropic <math>(\rho \leq 0.890)</math> hexatic <math>(\rho > 0.920)</math> solid. Similar results have been found using the [[BBGKY hierarchy]] <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3491039 Jarosław Piasecki, Piotr Szymczak, and John J. Kozak "Prediction of a structural transition in the hard disk fluid", Journal of Chemical Physics '''133''' 164507 (2010)]</ref>.

	==Equations of state==		==Equations of state==
	:''Main article: [[Equations of state for hard disks]]''		:''Main article: [[Equations of state for hard disks]]''

Carl McBride: Hard disks moved to Hard disk model: Better title.

2010-04-07T09:52:21Z

Hard disks moved to Hard disk model: Better title.

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