Screening in Interacting Particle Systems

We consider the Green's function of the Laplace operator in domains with spherical holes (particles). Under natural assumptions on the distribution of particles we show that the Green's function decays exponentially over distances larger than the screening length. This result is fundamental for example when deriving effective equations for coarsening systems in unbounded domains.

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