Interface Models and Boundary Conditions

Salvador Miracl-Solé (1, 2) , Jean Ruiz (1, 2)

1 CPT - Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 6207
2 CPT - Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 7332

We study certain aspects of the thermodynamic formalism of interface models. Under appropriated conditions, we prove a conjecture proposed by Spohn few years ago, and as a consequence the validity of exact results on the equilibrium shape associated to certain Solid-On-Solid models.

Mots clés: SOS models; surface tension; crystal shapes; Gibbs ensembles; Legendre transform.; Legendre transform

Domaines: Mécanique statistique [cond-mat.stat-mech]

Salvador Miracl-Solé, Jean Ruiz. Interface Models and Boundary Conditions. Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincare Physique Theorique, 2003, 4, pp.127-136. ⟨hal-00003156⟩