Temperature dependence of the step free energy

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2001, Pages

  Zandvliet, H J W ^a   Gurlu, O ^a   Poelsema, Bene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENERGY; ENTROPY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS; VIBRATION;

EID: 0035882008     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.073402     Document Type: Article

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10. The probability of finding a kink with positive length n (outward kink) is given by (formula presented) whereas the probability of finding a negative kink with length n (inward kink) is given by (formula presented) By requiring that (formula presented) one can easily find that (formula presented)