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Lennard-Jones Potential Model
written by Wolfgang Christian
The EJS Lennard-Jones Potential model shows the dynamics of a particle of mass m within this potential.  You can drag particle to change its position and you can drag the energy-line to change its total energy.

The Lennard-Jones potential function is a reasonably accurate model of interactions between noble gas atoms.  The binding energy epsilon is the depth of the potential well and minimum molecular separation are set equal to unity.  This simulation uses uses a natural system of units the mass and the depth of the Lennard-Jones potential set equal to 1. For argon (for example), the unit of distance is 3.4 angstroms, the unit of mass is 40 atomic mass units, and the unit of energy is 0.01 electron-volts; the corresponding unit of time is then 2.2 picoseconds, the unit of velocity is 160 meters per second.

The Lennard-Jones Potential model was created using the Easy Java Simulations (Ejs) modeling tool.  It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive.  Double clicking the ejs_stp_md_LennardJones.jar.jar file will run the program if Java is installed.  Ejs is a part of the Open Source Physics Project and is designed to make it easier to access, modify, and generate computer models.  Additional Ejs models for classical mechanics are available.  They can be found by searching ComPADRE for Open Source Physics, OSP, or Ejs.

Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.5 of Java.
1 source code document is available
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Thermo & Stat Mech
- Models
= Lennard-Jones Potential
- Upper Undergraduate
- Lower Undergraduate
- Instructional Material
= Interactive Simulation
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Program released under GNU-GPL. Narrative is copyrighted.
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This material is released under a GNU General Public License Version 3 license.
Rights Holder:
Wolfgang Christian
PACSs:
01.50.hv
07.05.Tp
05.10.-a
Keyword:
molecular dynamics
Record Cloner:
Metadata instance created November 16, 2008 by Wolfgang Christian
Record Updated:
June 10, 2014 by Andreu Glasmann
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November 15, 2008
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W. Christian, Computer Program LENNARD-JONES POTENTIAL MODEL, Version 1.0 (2008), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8306&DocID=911).
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W. Christian, Computer Program LENNARD-JONES POTENTIAL MODEL, Version 1.0 (2008), <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8306&DocID=911>.
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Christian, W. (2008). Lennard-Jones Potential Model (Version 1.0) [Computer software]. Retrieved March 19, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8306&DocID=911
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Christian, Wolfgang. "Lennard-Jones Potential Model." Version 1.0. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8306&DocID=911 (accessed 19 March 2024).
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Christian, Wolfgang. Lennard-Jones Potential Model. Vers. 1.0. Computer software. 2008. Java 1.5. 19 Mar. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8306&DocID=911>.
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Lennard-Jones Potential Model:

Is Based On Easy Java Simulations Modeling and Authoring Tool

The Ejs tool is needed to explore the computational model.

relation by Anne Cox
Supplements STP Textbook Chapter 1: From Classical to Statistical Mechanics

Chapter 1 of Gould and Tobochnik's Statistical and Thermal Physics provides additional underpinnings for this program.

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