Exact scaling functions for one-dimensional stationary KPZ growth

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 255-279

  Prähofer, Michael ^b   Spohn, Herbert ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Exact z point function of the stationary polynuclear growth model; Orthogonal polynomials; Recursion relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142661743     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:joss.0000019810.21828.fc     Document Type: Article

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