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Statistical Topography of Glassy Interfaces

Year: 1998

Type: article

Abstract: The statistical topography of two-dimensional interfaces in the presence of quenched disorder is studied utilizing combinatorial optimization algorithms. Finite-size scaling is used to measure geometrical exponents associated with contour loops and fully packed loops. We find that contour-loop exponents depend on the type of disorder (periodic vs nonperiodic) and that they satisfy scaling relations characteristic of self-affine rough surfaces. Fully packed loops on the other hand are not affected by disorder with geometrical exponents that take on their pure values.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.80.109

Authors: Chen Zeng, Jané Kondev, D. McNamara, A. A. Middleton

Institutions: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Brown University, Syracuse University

Language: English

Topic: Theoretical and Computational Physics

Subfield: Condensed Matter Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2054966097

FWCI: 1.851

Cites: 20

Cited by: 25

Related to: 10