Effects of anisotropic surface tension on first-order-transition singularities
- 1 February 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 31 (3) , 1624-1626
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.31.1624
Abstract
For systems displaying two-phase coexistence without rotational invariance, anisotropic surface tension and nonspherical droplets are present. To study small fluctuations around such droplets, we construct a natural coordinate system and find the quadratic form. In general, their spectrum differs from the isotropic case and affects the nature of the first-order transition singularities. However, in two bulk dimensions, the spectrum is sufficiently simple that the singularity is universal.Keywords
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