Conducting flat drops in a confining potential

DOI10.1007/S00205-021-01738-0zbMATH Open1489.49025arXiv2006.02839OpenAlexW4210628917MaRDI QIDQ2113552FDOQ2113552

M. Novaga, C. B. Muratov, Berardo Ruffini

Publication date: 14 March 2022

Published in: Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study a geometric variational problem arising from modeling two-dimensional charged drops of a perfectly conducting liquid in the presence of an external potential. We characterize the semicontinuous envelope of the energy in terms of a parameter measuring the relative strength of the Coulomb interaction. As a consequence, when the potential is confining and the Coulomb repulsion strength is below a critical value, we show existence and partial regularity of volume-constrained minimizers. We also derive the Euler--Lagrange equation satisfied by regular critical points, expressing the first variation of the Coulombic energy in terms of the normal $frac12$-derivative of the capacitary potential.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.02839

zbMATH Keywords

equilibrium shapescharged liquid drops

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational problems in a geometric measure-theoretic setting (49Q20) Optimization of shapes other than minimal surfaces (49Q10) Variational principles of physics (49S05) Variational methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M30)

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