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Exact height distribution in one-dimensional Edwards-Wilkinson interface with diffusing diffusivity

Statistical Mechanics 2025-06-16 v2

Abstract

We study the height distribution of a one-dimensional Edwards-Wilkinson interface in the presence of a stochastic diffusivity D(t)=B2(t)D(t)=B^2(t), where B(t)B(t) represents a one-dimensional Brownian motion at time tt. The height distribution at a fixed point is space is computed analytically. The typical height h(x,t)h(x,t) at a given point in space is found to scale as t3/4t^{3/4} and the distribution G(H)G(H) of the scaled height H=h/t3/4H=h/t^{3/4} is symmetric but with a nontrivial shape: while it approaches a nonzero constant quadratically as H0H\to 0, it has a non-Gaussian tail that decays exponentially for large HH. We show that this exponential tail is rather robust and holds for a whole family of linear interface models parametrized by a dynamical exponent z>1z>1, with z=2z=2 corresponding to the Edwards-Wilkinson model.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2502.01153,
  title  = {Exact height distribution in one-dimensional Edwards-Wilkinson interface with diffusing diffusivity},
  author = {David S. Dean and Satya N. Majumdar and Sanjib Sabhapandit},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.01153},
  year   = {2025}
}

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18 pages, 4 figures