The ground state for sticky disks

March 1980, Volume 22, Issue 3, pp 281–287 | Cite as

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Received: 18 June 1979

Abstract

It is proven that the ground state of the two-dimensional sticky potential is the triangular lattice.

Crystal sticky potential symmetry

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