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{\em NOTE: This paper presented the first attempt to tackle the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) equation using non-perturbative renormalisation group (NPRG) methods. It exploited the most natural and frequently used approximation scheme within…
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Burgers-Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) scaling has recently (re-) surfaced in a variety of physical contexts, ranging from anharmonic chains to quantum systems such as open superfluids, in which a variety of random forces may be encountered…
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