Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 195701 (2003) [4 pages]Continuous Freezing in Three DimensionsReceived 25 November 2002; published 15 May 2003 We analyze the freezing transition in a system of hard particles with a very long-ranged repulsion. The long-range repulsion makes first-order freezing transitions continuous, but leaves the initial stages of the crystallization unchanged: the crystal phase must still nucleate. The coexistence between bulk phases is replaced by microphase separation. © 2003 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.195701
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.195701
PACS:
64.70.Dv, 64.60.Qb
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