Contribution of the center-of-mass fluctuation of a liquid cluster to the free energy: A Monte Carlo simulation study
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1089-7690
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AIP Digital Archive
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Physics
Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Monte Carlo simulation method is used to calculate the Helmholtz free energies of liquid cluster with boundary fixed in laboratory frame and a fluctuating center-of-mass (CM) and with a fixed boundary centered on a fixed CM. The former type of cluster is called drop conventionally and the latter type is the so-called Lee–Barker–Abraham (LBA) cluster. The free energy difference between the drop and the LBA cluster characterizes the free energy contribution due to the CM fluctuation. The simulation result is close to the theoretical estimate of Reiss, Katz, and Cohen than that of Abraham and co-workers. © 1998 American Institute of Physics.
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Electronic Resource
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