Most stable structure for hard spheres
arXiv:cond-mat/0506066 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.72.016708
Abstract
The hard sphere model is known to show a liquid-solid phase transition, with the solid expected to be either face centered cubic or hexagonal close packed. The difference in free energy between the two structures is very small and various attempts have been made to determine which one is the more stable. We contrast the different approaches and extend one.
5 pages, 1 embedded figure, to appear in Phys Rev E