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Negative Heat Capacity for a Cluster of 147 Sodium Atoms
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There exists a surprising theoretical prediction for a small system: its microcanonical heat capacity can become negative. An increase of energy can-under certain conditions-lead to a lower temperature. Here we present experimental evidence that a cluster containing exactly 147 sodium atoms does indeed have a negative microcanonical heat capacity near its solid to liquid transition.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Schmidt, M., Kusche, R., Hippler, T., Donges, J., Kronmüller, W., von Issendorff, B., & Haberland, H.
- Venue
- Physical Review Letters
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 2001-02-12
- Volume
- 86
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 1191-1194
- ISSN
- 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
- 1079-7114
- OpenAlex
- W2045466665
- Cited by
- 332
- References
- 11
- FWCI
- 15.14
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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