Dynamics of an unbounded interface between ordered phases

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 2 2, 2004, Pages

  Krapivsky, P L ^a   Redner, S ^a   Tailleur, J ^b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); DIFFUSION; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; INTEGRATION; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES;

INTERFACE SHAPE; ORDERED PHASES; UNBOUNDED INTERFACE; ZERO-TEMPERATURE;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

ALGORITHM; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ALGORITHMS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 37649029867     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.69.026125     Document Type: Article

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