Surface partition of large clusters.
The surface partition of large clusters is derived analytically for a simple statistical model by using the Laplace-Fourier transformation method. In the limit of small amplitude deformations, a suggested "hills and dales model" reproduces the leading term of the Fisher result for the surface entropy to within a few percent. The model also gives the degeneracy prefactor of large clusters. The surface partition of finite clusters is also discussed.
Bugaev
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Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kiev, Ukraine and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
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Elliott
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