Collision of two interfaces of different roughnesses: a numerical study

Autor: Isabel M Irurzun, Ezequiel V. Albano
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General. 34:9631-9639
ISSN: 1361-6447
0305-4470
DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/34/45/303
Popis: In the classical Eden model (EM) the growing sites have the same probability of becoming occupied and the growing process in (1+1) dimensions leads to the formation of a self-affine aggregate with a growing exponent βEM = 1/3 and a roughness exponent αEM = 1/2. A generalization of the EM is proposed and studied, such that the growing probability now depends on the distance to the interface. This new model is called the unstable Eden model (UEM) because, within the short time regime, it exhibits an unstable growth mode with a growing exponent βUEM>1/2. However, in the asymptotic time regime the interface becomes stabilized and a roughness exponent αUEM = 1 can be defined. In contrast to the EM, the interface of the UEM is no longer self-affine. Based on extensive numerical simulations it is concluded that the interface generated by the collision between the EM and the UEM is characterized by a roughness exponent αcoll = αUEM = 1.
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