Dynamics of rough surfaces with an arbitrary topology

Pawel Keblinski; Amos Maritan; Flavio Toigo; Joel Koplik; Jayanth R. Banavar

doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.49.R937

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Dynamics of rough surfaces with an arbitrary topology

Pawel Keblinski, Amos Maritan, Flavio Toigo, Joel Koplik, and Jayanth R. Banavar

Phys. Rev. E 49, R937(R) – Published 1 February 1994

Abstract

A model for kinetic growth is presented that allows for overhangs and arbitrary topologies of the growing interface. Numerical studies of the model show that with a choice of the aggregation mechanism equivalent to the one leading to the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) equation [Phys. Rev. Lett. 56, 889 (1986)], we indeed obtain the KPZ results. On changing the aggregation mechanism, different dynamics of the growth are observed.

Received 9 August 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.49.R937

Authors & Affiliations

Pawel Keblinski, Amos Maritan, Flavio Toigo, Joel Koplik, and Jayanth R. Banavar

Department of Physics and Materials Research Laboratory, 104 Davey Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
Dipartimento di Fisica ‘‘G. Galilei,’’ Università di Padova, via Marzolo 8, 35100 Padova, Italy
Levich Institute and Department of Physics, City College of New York, New York, New York 10031

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Vol. 49, Iss. 2 — February 1994

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