Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2004-03-10
Physica A 340 (2004), 647-655.
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
To appear in a special issue of Physica A in memory of Per Bak
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.physa.2004.05.027
The growth and dynamics of solid surfaces displays a multitude of power law relationships, which are often associated with geometric self-similarity. In many cases the mechanisms behind these power laws are comparatively trivial, and require little more than dimensional analysis for their derivation. The information of interest to surface physicists then resides in the prefactors. This point will be illustrated by recent experimental and theoretical work on the growth-induced roughening of thin films and step fluctuations on vicinal surfaces. The conventional distinction between trivial and nontrivial power laws will be critically examined in general, and specifically in the context of persistence of step fluctuations.
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