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Kinetic Roughening in Growth Models with Diffusion in Higher Dimensions

Condensed Matter 2009-10-22 v1

Abstract

We present results of numerical simulations of kinetic roughening for a growth model with surface diffusion (the Wolf-Villain model) in 3+1 and 4+1~dimensions using lattices of a linear size up to L=64L=64 in 3+1~D and L=32L=32 in 4+1~D. The effective exponents calculated both from the surface width and from the height--height correlation function are much larger than those expected based on results in lower dimensions, due to a growth instability which leads to the evolution of large mounded structures on the surface. An increase of the range for incorporation of a freshly deposited particle leads to a decrease of the roughness but does not suppress the instability.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9407081,
  title  = {Kinetic Roughening in Growth Models with Diffusion in Higher Dimensions},
  author = {P. Šmilauer and M. Kotrla},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9407081},
  year   = {2009}
}

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8 pages, LaTeX 2.09, IC-DDV-93-004