Crystalline ground states for classical particles
Suto, Andras
arXiv, 0508004 / Harvested from arXiv
Pair interactions whose Fourier transform is nonnegative and vanishes above a wave number K_0 are shown to give rise to periodic and aperiodic infinite volume ground state configurations (GSCs) in any dimension d. A typical three dimensional example is an interaction of asymptotic form cos(K_0 r)/r^4. The result is obtained for densities rho >= rho_d where rho_1=K_0/2pi, rho_2=(sqrt{3}/8)(K_0/pi)^2 and rho_3=(1/8sqrt{2})(K_0/pi)^3. At rho_d there is a unique periodic GSC which is the uniform chain, the triangular lattice and the bcc lattice for d=1,2,3, respectively. For rho>rho_d the GSC is nonunique and the degeneracy is continuous: Any periodic configuration of density rho with all reciprocal lattice vectors not smaller than K_0, and any union of such configurations, is a GSC. The fcc lattice is a GSC only for rho>=(1/6 sqrt{3})(K_0/pi)^3.
Publié le : 2005-08-01
Classification:  Mathematical Physics,  Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics
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     title = {Crystalline ground states for classical particles},
     journal = {arXiv},
     volume = {2005},
     number = {0},
     year = {2005},
     language = {en},
     url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/0508004}
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Suto, Andras. Crystalline ground states for classical particles. arXiv, Tome 2005 (2005) no. 0, . http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/0508004/