On the high intensity limit of interacting corpora

Peter Constantin, Andrej Zlatoš

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Abstract

We characterize the high intensity limits of minimal free energy states for interacting corpora - that is, for objects with finitely many degrees of freedom, such as articulated rods. These limits are measures supported on zero-level-sets of the interaction potential. We describe a selection mechanism for the limits that is mediated by evanescent entropic contributions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)173-186
Number of pages14
JournalCommunications in Mathematical Sciences
Volume8
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Mathematics
  • Applied Mathematics

Keywords

  • Free energy
  • Metric space
  • Onsager equation
  • Zero temperature limit

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