From the conserved Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation to a coalescing particles model

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSD.2008.09.012zbMATH Open1166.82014arXiv0804.0160OpenAlexW2150232812MaRDI QIDQ1003446FDOQ1003446

Authors: Paolo Politi, Daniel ben-Avraham 

Publication date: 4 March 2009

Published in: Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The conserved Kuramoto-Sivashinsky (CKS) equation, u_t = -(u+u_xx+u_x^2)_xx, has recently been derived in the context of crystal growth, and it is also strictly related to a similar equation appearing, e.g., in sand-ripple dynamics. We show that this equation can be mapped into the motion of a system of particles with attractive interactions, decaying as the inverse of their distance. Particles represent vanishing regions of diverging curvature, joined by arcs of a single parabola, and coalesce upon encounter. The coalescing particles model is easier to simulate than the original CKS equation. The growing interparticle distance ell represents coarsening of the system, and we are able to establish firmly the scaling ell(t) sim sqrt{t}. We obtain its probability distribution function, g(ell), numerically, and study it analytically within the hypothesis of uncorrelated intervals, finding an overestimate at large distances. Finally, we introduce a method based on coalescence waves which might be useful to gain better analytical insights into the model.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0804.0160

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zbMATH Keywords

coarseningnonlinear dynamicsinstabilitiescrystal growth

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Interacting particle systems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C22) Statistical mechanics of crystals (82D25) Classical dynamic and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82C05)

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