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Modeling of Oscillatory Driven Surface Evolution

Materials Science 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

A continuum (Mullins-type) model is formulated for the isotropic evolution of a solid surface on which the mass transport occurs by oscillatory surface diffusion. The time-space oscillations of diffusivity are assumed to be induced by external source(s); a number of possible sources, different in their physical nature has been suggested in \cite{P-LH}. The particular driving mechanism assumed here is low-energy, pulsed electron or laser beam(s) incident on a surface. The simplified version of the model is applied to study the relaxation of a periodic surface corrugation. Several extensions of the model are proposed.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0410582,
  title  = {Modeling of Oscillatory Driven Surface Evolution},
  author = {Mikhail Khenner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0410582},
  year   = {2007}
}

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submitted to Surface Science