Axisymmetric surface diffusion: Dynamics and stability of self-similar pinchoff

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 93, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 725-776

  Bernoff, Andrew J ^a,b   Bertozzi, Andrea L ^a   Witelski, Thomas P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Linear stability; Pinchoff; Similarity solution; Surface diffusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039992070     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:joss.0000033251.81126.af     Document Type: Article

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