Jim Lutsko

Jim Lutsko

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My interests include Statistical Physics; Crystallization; Density Functional Theory, Simulation methods - particularly rare event techniques, Protein physics, Granular physics and Crystal Growth. I am based in the Physics of Complex Systems and Statistical Mechanics group at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles.

[028] Statistical mechanical theories of freezing: Where do we stand?

The basic advantages of the density functional theory over the other statistical mechanical theories of freezing are outlined. The feasibility of a density functional based calculation is illustrated m *.he case of the hard sphere freezing. The difficulties encountered in the extension of the.se results to continuous potentials are discussed and a possible solution is presented.

Recommended citation: Marc Baus and James F. Lutsko, "Statistical mechanical theories of freezing: Where do we stand?", Physica A, 176, 28 (1991)
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