Collective coordinate control of density distributions

作     者：Obioma U. Uche Salvatore Torquato Frank H. Stillinger 

作者机构：Department of Chemical Engineering Princeton University Princeton New Jersey 08544 USA Department of Chemistry Princeton University Princeton New Jersey 08544 USA Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials Princeton University Princeton New Jersey 08544 USA Program in Applied & Computational Mathematics Princeton University Princeton New Jersey 08544 USA Princeton Center for Theoretical Physics Princeton University Princeton New Jersey 08544 USA 

出 版 物：《Physical Review E》 (物理学评论E辑：统计、非线性和软体物理学)

年 卷 期：2006年第74卷第3期

页      面：031104-031104页

核心收录：

学科分类：07[理学] 070203[理学-原子与分子物理] 0702[理学-物理学] 

主　　题：STATISTICAL MECHANICS REALIZABILITY SYSTEM 

摘      要：Real collective density variables C(k) [cf. Eq. (1.3)] in many-particle systems arise from nonlinear transformations of particle positions, and determine the structure factor S(k), where k denotes the wave vector. Our objective is to prescribe C(k) and then to find many-particle configurations that correspond to such a target C(k) using a numerical optimization technique. Numerical results reported here extend earlier one- and two-dimensional studies to include three dimensions. In addition, they demonstrate the capacity to control S(k) in the neighborhood of ∣k∣=0. The optimization method employed generates multiparticle configurations for which S(k)∝∣k∣α, ∣k∣⩽K, and α=1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10. The case α=1 is relevant for the Harrison-Zeldovich model of the early universe, for superfluid He4, and for jammed amorphous sphere packings. The analysis also provides specific examples of interaction potentials whose classical ground states are configurationally degenerate and disordered.