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What is Liquid? [in two dimensions]

Travis Karl P., Hoover William G., Hoover Carol G., Hass Amanda B.

We consider the practicalities of defining, simulating, and characterizing “Liquids” from a pedagogical standpoint based on atomistic computer simulations. For simplicity and clarity we study two-dimensional systems throughout. In addition to the infinite-ranged Lennard-Jones 12/6 potential w ...