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Drift causes anomalous exponents in growth processes
The effect of a drift term in the presence of fixed boundaries is studied for
the one-dimensional Edwards-Wilkinson equation, to reveal a general mechanism
that causes a change of exponents for a very broad class of growth processes.
This mechanism represents a relevant perturbation and therefore is important
for the interpretation of experimental and numerical results. In effect, the
mechanism leads to the roughness exponent assuming the same value as the growth
exponent. In the case of the Edwards-Wilkinson equation this implies exponents
deviating from those expected by dimensional analysis.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, REVTeX; accepted for publication in PRL; added
note and reference
An Exactly Solved Model of Three Dimensional Surface Growth in the Anisotropic KPZ Regime
We generalize the surface growth model of Gates and Westcott to arbitrary
inclination. The exact steady growth velocity is of saddle type with principal
curvatures of opposite sign. According to Wolf this implies logarithmic height
correlations, which we prove by mapping the steady state of the surface to
world lines of free fermions with chiral boundary conditions.Comment: 9 pages, REVTEX, epsf, 3 postscript figures, submitted to J. Stat.
Phys, a wrong character is corrected in eqs. (31) and (32
Interfaces with a single growth inhomogeneity and anchored boundaries
The dynamics of a one dimensional growth model involving attachment and
detachment of particles is studied in the presence of a localized growth
inhomogeneity along with anchored boundary conditions. At large times, the
latter enforce an equilibrium stationary regime which allows for an exact
calculation of roughening exponents. The stochastic evolution is related to a
spin Hamiltonian whose spectrum gap embodies the dynamic scaling exponent of
late stages. For vanishing gaps the interface can exhibit a slow morphological
transition followed by a change of scaling regimes which are studied
numerically. Instead, a faceting dynamics arises for gapful situations.Comment: REVTeX, 11 pages, 9 Postscript figure
Magnetic coupling in highly-ordered NiO/Fe3O4(110): Ultrasharp magnetic interfaces vs. long-range magnetoelastic interactions
We present a laterally resolved X-ray magnetic dichroism study of the
magnetic proximity effect in a highly ordered oxide system, i.e. NiO films on
Fe3O4(110). We found that the magnetic interface shows an ultrasharp
electronic, magnetic and structural transition from the ferrimagnet to the
antiferromagnet. The monolayer which forms the interface reconstructs to
NiFe2O4 and exhibits an enhanced Fe and Ni orbital moment, possibly caused by
bonding anisotropy or electronic interaction between Fe and Ni cations. The
absence of spin-flop coupling for this crystallographic orientation can be
explained by a structurally uncompensated interface and additional
magnetoelastic effects
Pattern Dynamics of Vortex Ripples in Sand: Nonlinear Modeling and Experimental Validation
Vortex ripples in sand are studied experimentally in a one-dimensional setup
with periodic boundary conditions. The nonlinear evolution, far from the onset
of instability, is analyzed in the framework of a simple model developed for
homogeneous patterns. The interaction function describing the mass transport
between neighboring ripples is extracted from experimental runs using a
recently proposed method for data analysis, and the predictions of the model
are compared to the experiment. An analytic explanation of the wavelength
selection mechanism in the model is provided, and the width of the stable band
of ripples is measured.Comment: 4 page
Metadata Made Easy: Develop and Use Domain‐Specific Metadata Schemes by following the dmdScheme approach
Metadata plays an essential role in the long-term preservation, reuse, and interoperability of data. Nevertheless, creating useful metadata can be sufficiently difficult and weakly enough incentivized that many datasets may be accompanied by little or no metadata. One key challenge is, therefore, how to make metadata creation easier and more valuable. We present a solution that involves creating domain-specific metadata schemes that are as complex as necessary and as simple as possible. These goals are achieved by co-development between a metadata expert and the researchers (i.e., the data creators). The final product is a bespoke metadata scheme into which researchers can enter information (and validate it) via the simplest of interfaces: a web browser application and a spreadsheet.We provide the R package dmdScheme (dmdScheme: An R package for working with domain specific MetaData schemes (Version v0.9.22), 2019) for creating a template domain-specific scheme. We describe how to create a domain-specific scheme from this template, including the iterative co-development process, and the simple methods for using the scheme, and simple methods for quality assessment, improvement, and validation.The process of developing a metadata scheme following the outlined approach was successful, resulting in a metadata scheme which is used for the data generated in our research group. The validation quickly identifies forgotten metadata, as well as inconsistent metadata, therefore improving the quality of the metadata. Multiple output formats are available, including XML.Making the provision of metadata easier while also ensuring high quality must be a priority for data curation initiatives. We show how both objectives are achieved by close collaboration between metadata experts and researchers to create domain-specific schemes. A near-future priority is to provide methods to interface domain-specific schemes with general metadata schemes, such as the Ecological Metadata Language, to increase interoperability
Microxanox: An R package for simulating an aquatic MICRobial ecosystem that can occupy OXic or ANOXic states
Phenomenology of ageing in the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation
We study ageing during surface growth processes described by the
one-dimensional Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation. Starting from a flat initial
state, the systems undergo simple ageing in both correlators and linear
responses and its dynamical scaling is characterised by the ageing exponents
a=-1/3, b=-2/3, lambda_C=lambda_R=1 and z=3/2. The form of the autoresponse
scaling function is well described by the recently constructed logarithmic
extension of local scale-invariance.Comment: Latex2e, 5 pages, with 4 figures, final for
Scaling of Local Slopes, Conservation Laws and Anomalous Roughening in Surface Growth
We argue that symmetries and conservation laws greatly restrict the form of
the terms entering the long wavelength description of growth models exhibiting
anomalous roughening. This is exploited to show by dynamic renormalization
group arguments that intrinsic anomalous roughening cannot occur in local
growth models. However some conserved dynamics may display super-roughening if
a given type of terms are present.Comment: To appear in Phys. Rev. Lett., 4 pages in RevTeX style, no fig
Exact solution for the stationary Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation
We obtain the first exact solution for the stationary one-dimensional
Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation. A formula for the distribution of the height is
given in terms of a Fredholm determinant, which is valid for any finite time
. The expression is explicit and compact enough so that it can be evaluated
numerically. Furthermore, by extending the same scheme, we find an exact
formula for the stationary two-point correlation function.Comment: 9 pages, 3 figure
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