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Probing predictions due to the nonlocal interface Hamiltonian: Monte Carlo simulations of interfacial fluctuations in Ising films
Lijun PangKurt BinderDavid P. Landausubject
Materials scienceCondensed matter physicsMonte Carlo method01 natural sciencesInterface position010305 fluids & plasmasHybrid Monte Carlosymbols.namesakeFourier transformLattice (order)0103 physical sciencessymbolsSlabIsing modelWetting010306 general physicsdescription
Extensive Monte Carlo simulations have been performed on an Ising ferromagnet under conditions that would lead to complete wetting in a semi-infinite system. We studied an L×L×D slab geometry with oppositely directed surface fields so that a single interface is formed and can undergo a localization-delocalization transition. Under the chosen conditions the interface position is, on average, in the middle of the slab, and its fluctuations allow a sensitive test of predictions that the effective interactions between the interface and the confining surfaces are nonlocal. The decay of distance dependent correlation functions are measured within the surface, in the middle of the slab, and between middle and the surface for slabs of varying thickness D. From Fourier transforms of these correlation functions a nonlinear correlation length is extracted, and its behavior is found to confirm theoretical predictions for D>6 lattice spacings.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-08 | Physical Review E |