Published July 2004
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Journal article
Resummed two-loop calculation of the disjoining pressure of a symmetric electrolyte soap film
Creators
- 1. IRSAMC, Laboratoire de Physique Quantique, Universite Paul Sabatier, 118 Route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 04 (France)
- 2. DAMTP, CMS, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0WA (United Kingdom)
Description
In this paper we consider the calculation of the disjoining pressure of a symmetric electrolytic soap film correct to two loops in perturbation theory. We show that the disjoining pressure is finite when the loop expansion is resummed using a cumulant expansion and requires no short distance cutoff in order to give a finite result. The loop expansion is resummed in terms of an expansion in g=lB/lD where lD is the Debye length and lB is the Bjerrum length. We show that there there is a nonanalytic contribution of order g ln(g). We also show that the two-loop correction is greater than the one-loop term at large film thicknesses suggesting a nonperturbative correction to the one-loop result in this limit
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics
- Journal Volume
- 70
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 011101-011101.8
- ISSN
- 1063-651X
- CODEN
- PLEEE8
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 36010165
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CORRECTIONS; DEBYE LENGTH; ELECTROLYTES; FILMS; PERTURBATION THEORY; SOAPS
- Descriptors DEC
- DIMENSIONS; LENGTH; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
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- Notes
- (c) 2004 The American Physical Society