Vicinal Surfaces, Fractional Statistics and Universality
Abstract
We propose that the phases of all vicinal surfaces can be characterized by four fixed lines, in the renormalization group sense, in a three-dimensional space of coupling constants. The observed configurations of several Si surfaces are consistent with this picture. One of these fixed lines also describes one-dimensional quantum particles with fractional exclusion statistics. The featureless steps of a vicinal surface can therefore be thought of as a realization of fractional-statistics particles, possibly with additional short-range interactions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9907334,
title = {Vicinal Surfaces, Fractional Statistics and Universality},
author = {Somendra M. Bhattacharjee and Sutapa Mukherji},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9907334},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
6 pages, revtex, 3 eps figures. To appear in Physical Review Letters. Reference list properly arranged. Caption of Fig. 1 slightly reworded. Fig 3 (in color) is not part of the paper. It complements Fig.1