Journal of Physical Chemistry, Vol.99, No.9, 2807-2816, 1995
Capillary Waves at the Liquid-Vapor Interface - Widom-Rowlinson Model at Low-Temperature
We have examined in detail the structure and properties of the liquid-vapor interface for the two-dimensional Widom-Rowlinson model in its low-temperature regime. Various simplifying features permit the deduction of several basic results. Included among these are (1) unambiguous definition of capillary wave modes with upper wavelength cutoff proportional to rho(1)(-1/3) (rho(1) = liquid density); (2) wavelength dispersion of bare surface tension; and (3) nonmonotonic intrinsic density profile (i.e., that with vanishing capillary wave amplitudes). In an Appendix we show how many of these results can be extended to the three and higher dimensional cases.
Keywords:X-RAY REFLECTIVITY;SURFACE