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¹Equipe du Supercritique pour l'Environnement, les Matériaux et l'Espace, Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux, UPR 9048, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Bordeaux I, Pessac Cedex, France.

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Area of Science:

Physics
Thermodynamics
Statistical Mechanics

Background:

One-component fluids exhibit complex critical behaviors near their liquid-gas critical point.
Previous estimations of universal crossover functions relied on the massive renormalization scheme applied to the Phi(d)(4)(n) model.
Understanding these critical behaviors is crucial for fluid dynamics and material science.

Purpose of the Study:

To establish a link between scale dilatation methods and universal crossover functions for one-component fluids.
To develop a method for fitting singular behaviors of fluids without adjustable parameters.
To characterize the critical interaction cell of fluids at their critical point.

Main Methods:

Introduction of three dimensionless numbers to connect scale dilatation and renormalization group methods.
Estimation of master crossover functions using bounded results from the massive renormalization scheme.
Application of these functions to fit singular behaviors of one-component fluids.

Main Results:

The scale dilatation method is linked to universal crossover functions for one-component fluids.
Master crossover functions can fit fluid critical behavior without adjustable parameters, using specific scale factors.
The validity of these functions extends to correlation lengths significantly larger than microscopic interaction ranges.

Conclusions:

A unified framework is established for describing critical phenomena in one-component fluids.
The developed master crossover functions offer a powerful, parameter-free tool for analyzing fluid critical behavior.
The findings have implications for understanding universality classes in statistical physics and fluid dynamics.