Published March 20, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

No crystallization to honeycomb or Kagome in free space

  • 1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5070 (United States)

Description

It is intuitive that if an infinite system of particles that interact through an isotropic potential has a crystalline ground state at zero chemical potential, it is of high symmetry. Here, we present an argument why a honeycomb or a Kagome structure cannot be the ground state at zero chemical potential, for a large class of potentials in R2

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/42/11/115212

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1751-8113/42/11/115212;
PII
S1751-8113(09)98272-5;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and Theoretical (Online)
Journal Volume
42
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
[10 p.]
ISSN
1751-8121

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
40070869
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
CRYSTALLIZATION; GROUND STATES; POTENTIALS; SYMMETRY
Descriptors DEC
ENERGY LEVELS; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS