Droplet-mediated long-range interfacial correlations. Exact field theory for entropic repulsion effects

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DOI10.1007/JHEP03(2023)123arXiv2106.01945OpenAlexW4360976805MaRDI QIDQ6158620FDOQ6158620


Authors: Alessio Squarcini, Antonio Tinti Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 31 May 2023

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider near-critical two-dimensional statistical systems at phase coexistence on the half plane with boundary conditions leading to the formation of a droplet separating coexisting phases. General low-energy properties of two-dimensional field theories are used in order to find exact analytic results for one- and two-point correlation functions of both the energy density and order parameter fields. The subleading finite-size corrections are also computed and interpreted within an exact probabilistic picture in which interfacial fluctuations are characterized by the probability density of a Brownian excursion. The explicit analysis of the closed-form expression for order parameter correlations reveals the long-ranged character of interfacial correlations and their confinement within the interfacial region. The analysis of correlations is then carried out in momentum space through the notion of interface structure factor, which we extend to the case of systems bounded by a flat wall. The presence of the wall and its associated entropic repulsion leads to a specific term in the interface structure factor which we identify.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.01945




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