Emergence of nontrivial minimizers for the three-dimensional Ohta-Kawasaki energy

DOI10.2140/PAA.2020.2.1zbMATH Open1432.49064arXiv1811.03499OpenAlexW2899977020WikidataQ126791326 ScholiaQ126791326MaRDI QIDQ2289356FDOQ2289356

Authors: Hans Knüpfer, M. Novaga, C. B. Muratov 

Publication date: 28 January 2020

Published in: Pure and Applied Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This paper is concerned with the diffuse interface Ohta-Kawasaki energy in three space dimensions, in a periodic setting, in the parameter regime corresponding to the onset of non-trivial minimizers. We identify the scaling in which a sharp transition from asymptotically trivial to non-trivial minimizers takes place as the small parameter characterizing the width of the interfaces between the two phases goes to zero, while the volume fraction of the minority phases vanishes at an appropriate rate. The value of the threshold is shown to be related to the optimal binding energy solution of Gamow's liquid drop model of the atomic nucleus. Beyond the threshold the average volume fraction of the minority phase is demonstrated to grow linearly with the distance to the threshold. In addition to these results, we establish a number of properties of the minimizers of the sharp interface screened Ohta-Kawasaki energy in the considered parameter regime. We also establish rather tight upper and lower bounds on the value of the transition threshold.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.03499

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zbMATH Keywords

Gamma convergenceenergy driven pattern formation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational problems in a geometric measure-theoretic setting (49Q20) Variational methods for elliptic systems (35J50) Variational methods applied to PDEs (35A15) Variational methods for second-order elliptic equations (35J20) Methods involving semicontinuity and convergence; relaxation (49J45) Classical or axiomatic geometry and physics (51P05)

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