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Montecarlo simulation of the role of defects as the melting mechanism
We study in this paper the melting transition of a crystal of fcc structure
with the Lennard-Jones potential, by using isobaric-isothermal Monte Carlo
simulations.
Local and collective updates are sequentially used to optimize the
convergence. We show the important role played by defects in the melting
mechanism in favor of modern melting theories.Comment: 6 page, 10 figures included. Corrected version to appear in Phys.
Rev.