Interface motion in random media (Q2258017)

The authors propose a multi-scale renormalization procedure to study the dynamics of surfaces in a random environment. According to the main result, assuming that a certain finite size criterion is satisfied, the interface evolves with positive velocity. It is checked that this feasibility criterion holds in a large number of cases. Qualitatively speaking, this result means that, as the surface is evolving, deeper traps are encountered in various scales which locally block the interface dynamics.