Finite size dependence of the tracer surface diffusion coefficient near a second order phase transition

Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft/Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 974-977

  Nieto, F ^a,c   Uebing, C ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EISENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Computer experiments; Critical phenomena; Diffusion; Phase transitions; Surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745043794     PISSN: 0940483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbpc.19981020711     Document Type: Article

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16. i→0 in case of ideally ordered initial configurations.
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18. i, are obtained indicating that these quantities do not depend on the initial configuration and, therefore, we conclude that the equilibration procedure outlined above suffices to generate fully equilibrated lattice gas configurations for the given values of T and L.