Droplet motion for the conservative 2D Ising lattice gas dynamics below the critical temperature

Citation
G. Favrin et al., Droplet motion for the conservative 2D Ising lattice gas dynamics below the critical temperature, J PHYS A, 34(30), 2001, pp. 5901-5910
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS A-MATHEMATICAL AND GENERAL
ISSN journal
03054470 → ACNP
Volume
34
Issue
30
Year of publication
2001
Pages
5901 - 5910
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-4470(20010803)34:30<5901:DMFTC2>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We consider the 2D Ising lattice gas in a square of side L with free bounda ry conditions, temperature below the critical one and particle density slig htly above the density of the vapour phase. Typical configurations consist of a quarter of a Wulff droplet of the liquid phase centred at one of the c orners of the given square. We then introduced a reversible Markovian spin exchange dynamics, also known as Kawasaki dynamics, on the configuration sp ace and we discuss the heuristics of the transition of a bubble of the liqu id phase from one corner to another. We then present some numerical evidenc e suggesting that the preferred mechanism to make the transition is via eva poration of the original bubble and simultaneous reconstruction of a new bu bble around a new corner.