Condensate formation in a chiral lattice gas

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Beitragende

  • Boyi Wang - , CAS - Institute of Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme (Autor:in)
  • Frank Jülicher - , Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Zentrum für Systembiologie Dresden (CSBD), Technische Universität Dresden, Exzellenzcluster PoL: Physik des Lebens (Autor:in)
  • Patrick Pietzonka - , Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, University of Edinburgh (Autor:in)

Abstract

We investigate the formation of condensates in a binary lattice gas in the presence of chiral interactions. These interactions differ between a given microscopic configuration and its mirror image. We consider a two-dimensional lattice gas with nearest-neighbour interactions, to which we add interactions involving favoured local structures (FLSs) that are chiral. We focus on FLSs that have the shape of the letter L and explore condensate formation through simulations and analytical calculations. At low temperature, this model can exhibit four different phases that are characterised by different periodic tiling patterns, depending on the strength of interactions and the chemical potential. When particle numbers are conserved, some of these phases can coexist. We analyse the structure and surface tension of interfaces between coexisting phases and determine the shapes of minimal free energy of crystalline condensates. We show that these shapes can be quadrilaterals or octagons of different orientation and symmetry.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer093031
FachzeitschriftNew journal of physics
Jahrgang26
Ausgabenummer9
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 1 Sept. 2024
Peer-Review-StatusJa

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Schlagwörter

  • chirality, condensates, lattice gas, phase transitions, statistical mechanics