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Main Authors: Dhar, Deepak, Oliveira, Tiago J., Rajesh, R., Stilck, Jürgen F.
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.18307
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author Dhar, Deepak
Oliveira, Tiago J.
Rajesh, R.
Stilck, Jürgen F.
author_facet Dhar, Deepak
Oliveira, Tiago J.
Rajesh, R.
Stilck, Jürgen F.
contents We consider the number of ways all the sites of a kagome lattice can be covered by non-overlapping linear rigid rods where each rod covers 3 sites. We establish a 2-to-1 correspondence between the configurations of trimers on the kagome lattice to the covering by dimers of a related hexagonal lattice to show that entropy of coverings per trimer $s_{\text{tri,kag}}$ equals the entropy per dimer $ s_{\text{dim,hex}} $, and is given by $ s_{\text{tri,kag}} = s_{\text{dim,hex}} = \frac{1}{2 π} \int_0^{ 2 π/3} \log( 2 + 2 \cos k) dk \approx 0.323065947\ldots$.
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spellingShingle Entropy of full covering of the kagome lattice by straight trimers
Dhar, Deepak
Oliveira, Tiago J.
Rajesh, R.
Stilck, Jürgen F.
Statistical Mechanics
We consider the number of ways all the sites of a kagome lattice can be covered by non-overlapping linear rigid rods where each rod covers 3 sites. We establish a 2-to-1 correspondence between the configurations of trimers on the kagome lattice to the covering by dimers of a related hexagonal lattice to show that entropy of coverings per trimer $s_{\text{tri,kag}}$ equals the entropy per dimer $ s_{\text{dim,hex}} $, and is given by $ s_{\text{tri,kag}} = s_{\text{dim,hex}} = \frac{1}{2 π} \int_0^{ 2 π/3} \log( 2 + 2 \cos k) dk \approx 0.323065947\ldots$.
title Entropy of full covering of the kagome lattice by straight trimers
topic Statistical Mechanics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.18307