Minimal Riesz energy on the sphere for axis-supported external fields

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2009
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2009-04
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Oberwolfach Preprints (OWP)
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Oberwolfach : Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach
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We investigate the minimal Riesz s-energy problem for positive measures on the d-dimensional unit sphere Sd in the presence of an external field induced by a point charge, and more generally by a line charge. The model interaction is that of Riesz potentials |x−y|−s with d−2 s < d. For a given axis-supported external field, the support and the density of the corresponding extremal measure on Sd is determined. The special case s = d − 2 yields interesting phenomena, which we investigate in detail. A weak∗ asymptotic analysis is provided as s ! (d − 2)+.

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