A droplet within the spherical model

DOI10.1007/S10955-011-0150-XzbMATH Open1220.82024arXiv1011.4924OpenAlexW2008700380MaRDI QIDQ535055FDOQ535055

Authors: A. E. Patrick 

Publication date: 11 May 2011

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Various substances in the liquid state tend to form droplets. In this paper the shape of such droplets is investigated within the spherical model of a lattice gas. We show that in this case the droplet boundary is always diffusive, as opposed to sharp, and find the corresponding density profiles (droplet shapes). Translation-invariant versions of the spherical model do not fix the spatial location of the droplet, hence lead to mixed phases. To obtain pure macroscopic states (which describe localized droplets) we use generalized quasi-averaging. Conventional quasi-averaging deforms droplets and, hence, can not be used for this purpose. On the contrary, application of the generalized method of quasi-averages yields droplet shapes which do not depend on the magnitude of the applied external field.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1011.4924

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zbMATH Keywords

droplet boundarydroplet shapelattice gasquasi-averages

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B05) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20)

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• Mesoscopic analysis of droplets in lattice systems with long-range Kac potentials

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