Abstract
Isothermal-isobaric Monte Carlo computer experiments on melting in a two-dimensional Lennard-Jones system indicate that the transition is first order, in contrast to the two-stage, second-order melting behavior suggested as a possibility by Halperin and Nelson.
- Received 19 November 1979
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.44.463
©1980 American Physical Society
