Area-preserving dynamics of a long slender finger by curvature: a test case for the globally conserved phase ordering

Details Area-preserving dynamics of a long slender finger by curvature: a test case for the globally conserved phase ordering Area-preserving dynamics of a long slender finger by curvature: a test case for the globally conserved phase ordering

2001-01-24

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0101365v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

8 pages, 4 figures, Latex; corrected typos

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.63.066101

A long and slender finger can serve as a simple ``test bed'' for different phase ordering models. In this work, the globally-conserved, interface-controlled dynamics of a long finger is investigated, analytically and numerically, in two dimensions. An important limit is considered when the finger dynamics are reducible to the area-preserving motion by curvature. A free boundary problem for the finger shape is formulated. An asymptotic perturbation theory is developed that uses the finger aspect ratio as a small parameter. The leading-order approximation is a modification of ``the Mullins finger" (a well-known analytic solution) which width is allowed to slowly vary with time. This time dependence is described, in the leading order, by an exponential law with the characteristic time proportional to the (constant) finger area. The subleading terms of the asymptotic theory are also calculated. Finally, the finger dynamics is investigated numerically, employing the Ginzburg-Landau equation with a global conservation law. The theory is in a very good agreement with the numerical solution.

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