A phase transition in a Curie-Weiss system with binary interactions

Abstract

A single-sort continuum Curie-Weiss system of interacting particles is studied. The particles are placed in the space $\mathbb{R}^d$ divided into congruent cubic cells. For a region $V\subset \mathbb{R}^d$ consisting of $N\in \mathbb{N}$ cells, every two particles contained in $V$ attract each other with intensity $J_1/N$. The particles contained in the same cell are subjected to binary repulsion with intensity $J_2>J_1$. For fixed values of the temperature, the interaction intensities, and the chemical potential the thermodynamic phase is defined as a probability measure on the space of occupation numbers of cells, determined by a condition typical of Curie-Weiss theories. It is proved that the half-plane $J_1\,\times\,$\textit{chemical potential} contains phase coexistence points at which there exist two thermodynamic phases of the system. An equation of state for this system is obtained.