AuthorBarabasi, Albert-Laszlo
TitleFractal concepts in surface growth / Albert-Laszlo Barabแsi, H. Eugene Stanley
Imprint Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995
Descript xx, 366 p. : ill. ; 26 cm

CONTENT

Pt. 1 Introduction = 1. Interfaces in nature -- 2. Scaling concepts -- 3. Fractal concepts -- Pt. 2 Nonequilibrium roughening = 4. Random deposition -- 5. Linear theory -- 6. Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation -- 7. Renormalization group approach -- 8. Discrete growth models -- Pt. 3 Interfaces in random media = 9. Basic phenomena -- 10. Quenched noise -- 11. Experiments -- Pt. 4 Molecular beam epitaxy = 12. Basic phenomena of MBE -- 13. Linear theory of MBE -- 14. Nonlinear theory for MBE -- 15. Discrete models for MBE -- 16. MBE experiments -- 17. Submonolayer deposition -- 18. The roughening transition -- 19. Nonlocal growth models -- 20. Diffusion bias -- Pt. 5 Noise = 21. Diffusive versus deposition noise -- 22. Correlated noise -- 23. Rare events -- Pt. 6 Advanced topics = 24. Multi-affine surfaces -- 25. Variants of the KPZ equation -- 26. Equilibrium fluctuations and directed polymers -- Pt. 7 Finale = 27. Summary of the continuum growth equations -- 28. Outlook -- Appendix A: Numerical recipes -- Appendix B: Dynamic renormalization group -- Appendix C: Hamiltonian description


SUBJECT

  1. Surfaces (Physics)
  2. Interfaces (Physical sciences)
  3. Crystal growth
  4. Molecular beam epitaxy
  5. Fractals
  6. Surfaces

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Science LibraryQC173.4.S94 F798b 1995 CHECK SHELVES