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日時: 2009-04-21 11:00 - 12:00
場所: 研究本館2階220室
会議名: 7616 : a critical number for emergence
連絡先: 疋田、hikida at post.kek.jp
講演者: Dr. Sang-Woo Kim  (CQUeST, Sogang University )
講演言語: 英語
アブストラクト: We assert, contrary to a common belief, that canonical ensembles with finite number of physical degrees can manifest discontinuous phase transitions featuring a genuine mathematical singularity, provided we keep not volume but pressure constant. As a concrete model, we reconsider a famous elementary system, ideal Bose gas: For exact yet complicated expressions of various thermodynamic quantities in canonical ensemble, we perform numerical computations up to the number of particles one million. We report that a first-order phase transition does emerge if the number of particles is equal to or greater than 7616.

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