Q-tensor continuum energies as limits of head-to-tail symmetric spin systems

DOI10.1137/130941341zbMATH Open1321.49024arXiv1310.4084OpenAlexW1691830514MaRDI QIDQ5500577FDOQ5500577

Marco Cicalese, Francesco Solombrino, Andrea Braides

Publication date: 7 August 2015

Published in: SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider a class of spin-type discrete systems and analyze their continuum limit as the lattice spacing goes to zero. Under standard coerciveness and growth assumptions together with an additional head-to-tail symmetry condition, we observe that this limit can be conveniently written as a functional in the space of $Q$-tensors. We further characterize the limit energy density in several cases (both in 2 and 3 dimensions). In the planar case we also develop a second-order theory and we derive gradient or concentration-type models according to the chosen scaling.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.4084

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zbMATH Keywords

multiscale analysis\(\Gamma\)-convergencespin systems\(Q\)-tensors

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methods involving semicontinuity and convergence; relaxation (49J45) Discrete approximations in optimal control (49M25) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30)

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