The Kardar-Parisi-Zhang Equation and Universality Class

Random Matrices: Theory and Application

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Corwin, Ivan ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anomalous fluctuations; asymmetric exclusion process; directed polymers; Kardar Parisi Zhang equation; random growth; stochastic Burgers equation; stochastic heat equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043627068     PISSN: 20103263     EISSN: 20103271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S2010326311300014     Document Type: Article

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