Universality of the close packing properties and markers of isotropic-to-tetratic crossover in quasi-one-dimensional superdisk fluid
Sakineh Mizani, Martin Oettel, Péter Gurin, Szabolcs Varga
SciPost Phys. Core 8, 008 (2025) · published 24 January 2025
- doi: 10.21468/SciPostPhysCore.8.1.008
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Abstract
We study equilibrium states and ordering regimes of a quasi-one-dimensional system of hard superdisks (anisotropic particles interpolating between disks and squares) where the centers of the particles are constrained to move on a line. A continuous change from a quasi-isotropic to a tetratic regime is found upon increasing the density. Somewhat unexpected, for isobaric states, systems with larger and more anisotropic particles in the tetratic regime are denser than systems with smaller and less anisotropic particles in a quasi-isotropic regime. Close packing behaviour is characterised by exponents describing the behaviour of the pressure, the angular fluctuations and the angular correlation length. We obtain two universal, shape-independent relations between them.
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See all Organizations.- 1 Sakineh Mizani,
- 1 Martin Oettel,
- 2 Péter Gurin,
- 2 Szabolcs Varga