Statistical Mechanics of Nonlinear Coherent Structures: Kinks in the Phi^6 Model

Details Statistical Mechanics of Nonlinear Coherent Structures: Kinks in the Phi^6 Model Statistical Mechanics of Nonlinear Coherent Structures: Kinks in the Phi^6 Model

1995-02-02

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9502004v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

13 pages, LaTeX document, figures included, uses psfig

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We study the thermodynamics of kinks in the Phi^6 model using a Langevin code implemented on a massively parallel computer. This code can be used to study first order dynamical phase transitions which exhibit multiple length and time scales. The classical statistical mechanics of a 1+1-dimensional field theory reduces to a time-independent quantum problem in one dimension via the transfer integral method. Exact solutions of the Schrodinger equation exist for the Phi^6 potential (unlike the case for Phi^4) and can be used to check results from the simulations. The Phi^6 model is also much richer than the Phi^4 model in terms of the variety of coherent structures and possible phases accompanying a phase transition. Specifically, we have calculated (in a one dimensional model) such quantities as the probability density function (PDF) and field-field correlation functions. These quantities help us understand the contribution to the specific heat from coherent structures such as domain walls (kinks) and other transformation structures as opposed to the contribution from lattice vibrations. We have calibrated our results against known exact solutions for limiting cases with very high accuracy. Having understood this problem, we are now extending our Langevin code to higher dimensions.

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