Minimizing atomic configurations of short range pair potentials in two dimensions: crystallization in the Wulff shape

DOI10.1007/S00526-011-0427-6MaRDI QIDQ2428591zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yuen Au Yeung, Gero Friesecke, Bernd Schmidt

Publication date 26 April 2012

Published in Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0909.0927

zbMATH Keywords

gamma convergenceHeitmann-Radin sticky disc potentiallow-energy configurationsmacroscopic cluster

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Molecular, statistical, and kinetic theories in solid mechanics (74A25) Crystalline structure (74E15)

Abstract: We investigate ground state configurations of atomic systems in two dimensions interacting via short range pair potentials. As the number of particles tends to infinity, we show that low-energy configurations converge to a macroscopic cluster of finite surface area and constant density, the latter being given by the density of atoms per unit volume in the triangular lattice. In the special case of the Heitmann-Radin sticky disc potential and exact ground states, we show that the macroscopic cluster has a (unique) Wulff shape. This is done by showing that the atomistic energy, after subtracting off a bulk part and re-scaling, Gamma-converges to a macroscopic anisotropic surface energy.

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