Nematic first order phase transition for liquid crystals in the van der Waals-Kac limit
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Molecular physics (81V55) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Interacting particle systems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C22) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82B35)
Abstract: In this paper we revisit and extend some mathematical aspects of Onsager's theory of liquid crystals that have been investigated in recent years by different communities (statistical mechanics, analysis and probability). We introduce a model of anisotropic molecules with three-dimensional orientations interacting via a Kac-type interaction. We prove that, in the limit in which the range of the interaction is sent to infinity after the thermodynamic limit, the free energy tends to the infimum of an effective energy functional `a la Onsager. We then prove that, if the spherical harmonic transform of the angular interaction has a negative minimum, this effective free energy functional displays a first order phase transition as the total density of the system increases.
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