Explicit solution of the optimal fluctuation problem for an elastic string in a random medium

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

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Kolokolov, I V ^a   Korshunov, S E ^a  

^a LANDAU INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY DIMENSION; ASYMPTOTIC FORMS; ELASTIC STRINGS; ENERGY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; EXACT SOLUTION; EXPLICIT SOLUTIONS; HEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; KARDAR-PARISI-ZHANG EQUATIONS; OPTIMAL FLUCTUATION; RANDOM MEDIUM; RANDOM POTENTIALS; SADDLE POINT; STOCHASTIC GROWTH;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 70349504669     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.80.031107     Document Type: Article

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