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Optimal periodic structures with general space group symmetries in the Ohta-Kawasaki problem

Analysis of PDEs 2019-12-03 v1 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

We consider the problem of rigorously computing periodic minimizers to the Ohta-Kawasaki energy. We develop a method to prove existence of solutions and determine rigorous bounds on the distance between our numerical approximations and the true infinite dimensional solution and also on the energy. We use a method with prescribed symmetries to explore the phase space, computing candidate minimizers both with and without experimentally observed symmetries. We find qualitative differences between the phase diagram of the Ohta-Kawasaki energy and self consistent field theory when well away form the weak segregation limit.

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@article{arxiv.1912.00059,
  title  = {Optimal periodic structures with general space group symmetries in the Ohta-Kawasaki problem},
  author = {Jan Bouwe van den Berg and JF Williams},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.00059},
  year   = {2019}
}

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40 pages, 9 figures