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Noisy Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation for an erosion model

Condensed Matter 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

We derive the continuum equation for a discrete model for ion sputtering. We follow an approach based on the master equation, and discuss how it can be truncated to a Fokker-Planck equation and mapped to a discrete Langevin equation. By taking the continuum limit, we arrive at the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation with a stochastic noise term.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9608023,
  title  = {Noisy Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation for an erosion model},
  author = {Kent Baekgaard Lauritsen and Rodolfo Cuerno and Hernan A. Makse},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9608023},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

latex (w/ multicol.sty), 4 pages; to appear in Physical Review E (Oct 1996)