Coulomb systems seen as critical systems: Ideal conductor boundaries.

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Abstract: The grand potential of a classical Coulomb system has universal finite-size corrections similar to the ones which occur in the free energy of a simple critical system : the massless Gaussian field. Here, the Coulomb system is assumed to be confined by walls made of an ideal conductor material; this choice corresponds to simple (Dirichlet) boundary conditions for the Gaussian field. For a d-dimensional (d>or=2) Coulomb system confined in a slab of thickness W, the grand potential (in units of kT) per unit area has the universal term Gamma(d/2)zeta(d)/2dpid/2Wd−1. For a two-dimensional Coulomb system confined in a disk of radius R, the grand potential (in units of kT) has the universal term (1/6)lnR. These results, of general validity, are checked on two-dimensional solvable models.












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