Wulff shape for equilibrium phases
Mathematical Physics
2017-07-28 v2 Statistical Mechanics
math.MP
Probability
Abstract
We use surface tension to distinguish between phases with isotropic internal structure from phases which are microscopically anisotropic. There are many interesting open problems, especially in two dimensions, and in phase coexistence.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1610.08564,
title = {Wulff shape for equilibrium phases},
author = {Charles Radin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.08564},
year = {2017}
}
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