Optimal lattice configurations for interacting spatially extended particles

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  • Laurent Bétermin
  • Hans Knüpfer
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.
Original languageEnglish
JournalLetters in Mathematical Physics
Volume108
Issue number10
Pages (from-to)2213-2228
ISSN0377-9017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26 Mar 2018

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