Fluctuations of steps on crystal surfaces

DOI10.1016/S0010-4655(02)00257-6MaRDI QIDQ696510zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors W. Selke, Ferenc Szalma, Johannes S. Hager

Publication date 12 September 2002

Published in Computer Physics Communications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0108391

zbMATH Keywords

Monte Carlo simulation surface diffusion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of crystals (82D25)

Abstract: Fluctuations of isolated and pairs of ascending steps of monoatomic height are studied in the framework of SOS models, using mainly Monte Carlo techniques. Below the roughening transistion of the surface, the profiles of long steps show the same scaling features for terrace and surface diffusion. For a pair of short steps, their separation distance is found to grow as

t^{1 / 3}

at late stages. Above roughening, simulational data on surface diffusion agree well with the classical continuum theory of Mullins.

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