Published July 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Resummed two-loop calculation of the disjoining pressure of a symmetric electrolyte soap film

  • 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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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

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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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(c) 2004 The American Physical Society