Title
On Soccer Balls and Linearized Inverse Statistical Mechanics.
Abstract
Abstract The classical inverse statistical mechanics question involves inferring properties of pairwise interaction potentials from exhibited ground states. For patterns that concentrate near a sphere, the ground states can range from platonic solids for small numbers of particles to large systems of particles exhibiting very complex structures. In this setting, previous work (von Brecht et al., Math. Models Methods Appl. Sci. 22, 2012) allows us to infer that the linear instabilities of the pairwise potential accurately characterize the resulting nonlinear ground states. Potentials with a small number of spherical harmonic instabilities may produce very complex patterns as a result. This leads naturally to the linearized inverse statistical mechanics question: given a finite set of unstable modes, can we construct a potential that possesses precisely these linear instabilities? If so, this would allow for the design of potentials with arbitrarily intricate spherical symmetries in the ground state. In this paper, we solve our linearized inverse problem in full, and present a wide variety of designed ground states.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1007/s00332-012-9132-7
J. Nonlinear Science
Keywords
Field
DocType
Pattern formation,Inverse problems,Self assembly,35b36,70f17,35B35,82B21
Inverse,Statistical mechanics,Ground state,Nonlinear system,Finite set,Platonic solid,Mathematical analysis,Spherical harmonics,Inverse problem,Classical mechanics,Physics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
22
6
1432-1467
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
0.52
4
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
James H. von Brecht1936.45
Uminsky, David2484.65