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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.

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@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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