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Contributors |
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Chapter 1 Shape and growth of crystals |
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1 Thermodynamics of interfaces |
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1 | (35) |
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1.1 Interface between two fluids |
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3 | (4) |
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7 | (10) |
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1.3 Equilibrium conditions for a curved solid-fluid interface |
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17 | (10) |
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1.4 Equilibrium shapes of crystals |
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27 | (9) |
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2 Crystalline surfaces: facets, steps and kinks |
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36 | (38) |
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2.1 Interaction between steps |
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40 | (7) |
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2.2 Crystal shape viewed as an equilibrium of steps |
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47 | (9) |
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56 | (12) |
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2.4 Surface melting and crystal shape |
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68 | (6) |
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3 Mobility of the interface |
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74 | (30) |
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3.1 Growth of a vicinal liquid-solid interface |
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76 | (5) |
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3.2 Facet growth at a liquid-solid interface: homogeneous nucleation |
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81 | (12) |
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93 | (4) |
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3.4 Diffusion limited growth at a solid-vacuum interface |
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97 | (7) |
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4 Thermal fluctuations: the roughening transition |
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104 | (51) |
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4.1 Fluctuations of a single step |
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104 | (7) |
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4.2 Fluctuations of the interface |
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111 | (3) |
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4.3 Static renormalization: the Kosterlitz-Thouless transition |
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114 | (21) |
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4.4 Dynamic renormalization |
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135 | (9) |
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4.5 Further comments on the roughening transition |
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144 | (7) |
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151 | (1) |
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152 | (3) |
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Chapter 2 Instabilities of planar solidification fronts |
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155 | (6) |
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2 Thermo-hydrodynamic formalism |
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161 | (30) |
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2.1 The one-phase system: a brief summary |
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161 | (8) |
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2.2 Generalization to two-phase systems. Solidification |
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169 | (22) |
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3 The Mullins-Sekerka instability: free growth of a spherical germ |
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191 | (15) |
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3.1 Free growth of a pure solid |
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191 | (1) |
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3.2 The planar stationary solution |
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192 | (3) |
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3.3 Linear stability of this solution: the Mullins-Sekerka instability |
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195 | (5) |
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3.4 Free growth of a spherical germ |
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200 | (3) |
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3.5 Isothermal spherical growth from a supersaturated melt |
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203 | (3) |
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4 Directional solidification of mixtures: linear stability of the planar front |
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206 | (15) |
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4.1 The planar stationary solution |
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208 | (1) |
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4.2 Linear stability of the planar front (deformation spectrum) |
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209 | (3) |
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4.3 The cellular bifurcation |
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212 | (4) |
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4.4 Experimental studies of the bifurcation diagram |
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216 | (5) |
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5 Directional solidification of mixtures: small amplitude cells |
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221 | (19) |
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5.1 Nature of the bifurcation |
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221 | (3) |
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5.2 Principle of the calculation of the coefficients α1 |
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224 | (3) |
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5.3 Theoretical predictions and experimental results on the nature of the bifurcation |
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227 | (2) |
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5.4 The wavevector selection problem. The amplitude equation |
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229 | (4) |
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5.5 Phase diffusion. The Eckhaus instability |
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233 | (3) |
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5.6 The zig-zag instability |
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236 | (1) |
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236 | (4) |
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6 Directional solidification of mixtures: deep cells |
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240 | (16) |
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6.1 Analytic studies of deep cells |
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241 | (7) |
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248 | (1) |
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6.3 Experimental studies of cell shapes and selection |
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249 | (7) |
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7 Coupling between solutal convection and morphological instability |
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256 | (11) |
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7.1 The uncoupled bifurcations |
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260 | (2) |
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7.2 The coupled bifurcations |
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262 | (5) |
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8 Directional solidification of a faceted crystal |
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267 | (30) |
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8.1 Crenellated stationary front profiles |
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271 | (4) |
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8.2 Local stability of crenellated fronts |
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275 | (3) |
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278 | (1) |
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278 | (7) |
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Appendix A Gibbs-Thomson equation for a binary alloy |
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285 | (2) |
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Appendix B The integro-differential front equation |
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287 | (1) |
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287 | (4) |
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B.2 Directional solidification of mixtures: the one-sided models |
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291 | (3) |
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294 | (3) |
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Chapter 3 An introduction to the kinetics of first-order phase transition |
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297 | (1) |
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1 Qualitative Features of First-Order Phase Transitions |
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298 | (7) |
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298 | (3) |
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301 | (1) |
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302 | (1) |
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1.4 Some remarks about realistic models |
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303 | (2) |
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2 The droplet model of nucleation |
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305 | (6) |
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305 | (1) |
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2.2 The cluster approximation |
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305 | (3) |
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2.3 Nonequilibrium analysis (Becker-Doring theory) |
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308 | (3) |
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311 | (11) |
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311 | (1) |
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3.2 Ising ferromagnet in the continuum limit |
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312 | (2) |
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3.3 Mean-field approximation for the coarse-grained free energy |
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314 | (1) |
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3.4 Thermodynamic equation of motion |
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315 | (1) |
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316 | (3) |
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319 | (1) |
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320 | (1) |
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321 | (1) |
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4 Continuum model with an Ising-like conserved order parameter |
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322 | (8) |
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322 | (2) |
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4.2 Thermodynamic equation of motion |
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324 | (1) |
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325 | (1) |
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326 | (4) |
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5 Spinodal decomposition: basic concepts |
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330 | (5) |
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330 | (1) |
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331 | (1) |
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332 | (2) |
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5.4 Some general observations about the late stages of phase separation |
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334 | (1) |
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335 | (9) |
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335 | (1) |
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6.2 The Langevin approach: basic concepts |
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336 | (3) |
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6.3 The Langevin approach: an illustrative example |
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339 | (1) |
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6.4 The Fokker-Planck equation |
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340 | (4) |
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7 Spinodal decomposition: fluctuations and nonlinear effects |
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344 | (8) |
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344 | (1) |
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7.2 Equation of motion for the structure factor |
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345 | (2) |
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7.3 The onset of nonlinear effects |
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347 | (2) |
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7.4 Nonlinear approximations |
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349 | (3) |
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8 Late stages of phase separation |
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352 | (13) |
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352 | (1) |
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8.2 The Lifshitz-Slyozov-Wagner theory |
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353 | (3) |
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8.3 Correlations and screening |
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356 | (6) |
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362 | (3) |
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Chapter 4 Dendritic growth and related topics |
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365 | (3) |
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2 The moving solidification front |
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368 | (6) |
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3 Effects of surface tension |
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374 | (7) |
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4 Scaling laws for the needle crystal |
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381 | (12) |
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4.1 Scaling law without axial flow |
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384 | (2) |
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4.2 Scaling laws for the growth in a forced flow when ρ < eth < ehy |
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386 | (2) |
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4.3 Scaling laws for the growth with an axial flow such that eth < ρ < ehy |
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388 | (2) |
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4.4 Scaling laws for the growth with an axial flow such that eth < ehy < ρ |
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390 | (1) |
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4.5 Scaling laws for the asymptotic branches |
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391 | (2) |
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5 The integral equation of Nash and Glicksman and its low undercooling limit |
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393 | (5) |
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6 Asymptotes beyond all orders in the geometrical model |
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398 | (12) |
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6.1 Elementary properties |
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400 | (2) |
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6.2 Perturbative solution and boundary layer analysis of its singularity |
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402 | (2) |
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6.3 The WKB contribution `beyond all orders' |
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404 | (6) |
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7 Solution of the integral equations for the needle crystal |
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410 | (23) |
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7.1 Solution of the integral equation for low undercooling |
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413 | (6) |
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7.2 Solution of the integral equation for arbitrary undercooling |
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419 | (8) |
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427 | (2) |
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429 | (4) |
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Chapter 5 Growth and aggregation far from equilibrium |
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433 | (1) |
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1 Growth and fractals; fractal geometry |
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434 | (10) |
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1.1 Disorderly growth and fractals |
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434 | (1) |
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435 | (2) |
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1.3 The fractal dimension |
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437 | (1) |
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438 | (1) |
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438 | (2) |
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1.6 Intersections of fractals |
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440 | (1) |
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441 | (3) |
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2 Model for rough surfaces; the Eden model and ballistic aggregation |
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444 | (11) |
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445 | (2) |
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447 | (1) |
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448 | (2) |
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450 | (2) |
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2.5 The castle-wall model |
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452 | (2) |
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454 | (1) |
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3 Diffusion limited aggregation |
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455 | (17) |
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455 | (3) |
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458 | (2) |
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3.3 Experimental manifestations |
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460 | (8) |
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468 | (4) |
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4 Cluster-cluster aggregation |
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472 | (3) |
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473 | (1) |
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4.2 Cluster size distributions and kinetic equations |
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474 | (1) |
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4.3 Theory; upper critical dimension |
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474 | (1) |
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475 | (1) |
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476 | (3) |
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Chapter 6 Kinetic roughening of growing surfaces |
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479 | (3) |
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482 | (7) |
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482 | (3) |
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2.2 Edges, facets and other singularities |
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485 | (2) |
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2.3 The Wulff construction |
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487 | (2) |
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3 Scaling Theory of Shape Fluctuations |
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489 | (7) |
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3.1 Statistical scale invariance |
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489 | (3) |
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3.2 Corrections to scaling |
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492 | (2) |
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494 | (2) |
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496 | (16) |
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499 | (3) |
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502 | (2) |
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4.3 Ballistic deposition models |
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504 | (6) |
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4.4 Low temperature Ising dynamics |
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510 | (2) |
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512 | (28) |
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5.1 The Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation |
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512 | (8) |
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5.2 Directed polymer representation |
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520 | (10) |
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5.3 Numerical results for the KPZ exponents |
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530 | (3) |
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5.4 KPZ type equations without noise |
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533 | (7) |
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540 | (15) |
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545 | (3) |
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6.2 Other one dimensional models |
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548 | (3) |
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551 | (2) |
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553 | (2) |
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555 | (8) |
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7.1 First passage percolation |
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555 | (4) |
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7.2 Facets and directed percolation |
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559 | (4) |
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8 An approximation of mean field type |
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563 | (10) |
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8.1 Shape anisotropy for the Eden model |
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567 | (2) |
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8.2 The faceting transition in the Richardson model |
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569 | (4) |
Acknowledgements |
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573 | (1) |
References |
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574 | (9) |
Index |
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