Phase Behavior of Short Range Square Well Model

Abstract

Various Monte Carlo techniques are used to determine the complete phase diagrams of the square well model for the attractive ranges $\lambda = 1.15$ and $\lambda = 1.25$. The results for the latter case are in agreement with earlier Monte Carlo simulations for the fluid-fluid coexistence curve and yield new results for the liquidus-solidus lines. Our results for $\lambda = 1.15$ are new. We find that the fluid-fluid critical point is metastable for both cases, with the case $\lambda = 1.25$ being just below the threshold value for metastability. We compare our results with prior studies and with experimental results for the gamma-II crystallin.