{
  "id": "0811.2890",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2008-11-18T11:33:32.000Z",
  "updated": "2008-11-18T11:33:32.000Z",
  "title": "On the Geometric Principles of Surface Growth",
  "authors": [
    "Carlos Escudero"
  ],
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 196102 (2008)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.196102",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech",
    "cond-mat.mtrl-sci",
    "nlin.AO"
  ],
  "abstract": "We introduce a new equation describing epitaxial growth processes. This equation is derived from a simple variational geometric principle and it has a straightforward interpretation in terms of continuum and microscopic physics. It is also able to reproduce the critical behavior already observed, mound formation and mass conservation, but however does not fit a divergence form as the most commonly spread models of conserved surface growth. This formulation allows us to connect the results of the dynamic renormalization group analysis with intuitive geometric principles, whose generic character may well allow them to describe surface growth and other phenomena in different areas of physics.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2008-11-18T11:33:32.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "68.35.Fx",
      "02.40.Hw",
      "05.40.-a",
      "64.60.Ht"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "surface growth",
      "equation describing epitaxial growth processes",
      "dynamic renormalization group analysis",
      "simple variational geometric principle",
      "intuitive geometric principles"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Physical Review Letters",
      "year": 2008,
      "month": "Nov",
      "volume": 101,
      "number": 19,
      "pages": 196102
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2008PhRvL.101s6102E"
    }
  }
}