Facet shapes in a Wulff crystal
Statistical Mechanics
2012-06-19 v1 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
According to the Wulff construction the shape of the equilibrium crystal is determined by the surface tension considered as a function of the interface orientation. We present some (conjectured) approximate solutions and some rigorous results concerning this function, in the case of a lattice gas, and apply them to study the shape of the equilibrium crystal and, in particular, the shape of the facets of this crystal.
Keywords
Cite
@article{arxiv.1206.3736,
title = {Facet shapes in a Wulff crystal},
author = {Salvador Miracle-Sole},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.3736},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
23 pages, 5 figures