Optimal lattice configurations for interacting spatially extended particles

TY - JOUR

T1 - Optimal lattice configurations for interacting spatially extended particles

AU - Bétermin, Laurent

AU - Knüpfer, Hans

PY - 2018/10/1

Y1 - 2018/10/1

N2 - We investigate lattice energies for radially symmetric, spatially extended particles interacting via a radial potential and arranged on the sites of a two-dimensional Bravais lattice. We show the global minimality of the triangular lattice among Bravais lattices of fixed density in two cases: In the first case, the distribution of mass is sufficiently concentrated around the lattice points, and the mass concentration depends on the density we have fixed. In the second case, both interacting potential and density of the distribution of mass are described by completely monotone functions in which case the optimality holds at any fixed density.

AB - We investigate lattice energies for radially symmetric, spatially extended particles interacting via a radial potential and arranged on the sites of a two-dimensional Bravais lattice. We show the global minimality of the triangular lattice among Bravais lattices of fixed density in two cases: In the first case, the distribution of mass is sufficiently concentrated around the lattice points, and the mass concentration depends on the density we have fixed. In the second case, both interacting potential and density of the distribution of mass are described by completely monotone functions in which case the optimality holds at any fixed density.

U2 - 10.1007/s11005-018-1077-9

DO - 10.1007/s11005-018-1077-9

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0921-3767

VL - 108

SP - 2213

EP - 2228

JO - Mathematical Physics Studies

JF - Mathematical Physics Studies

IS - 10

ER -