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Minimum action method for the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus, Ny Munkegade, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. fogedby@phys.au.dk
Abstract:
We apply a numerical minimum action method derived from the Wentzell-Freidlin theory of large deviations to the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation for the height profile of a growing interface. In one dimension we find that the transition pathway between different height configurations is determined by the nucleation and subsequent propagation of facets or steps, corresponding to moving domain walls or growth modes in the underlying noise-driven Burgers equation. This transition scenario is in accordance with recent analytical studies of the one-dimensional Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation in the asymptotic weak noise limit. We also briefly discuss transitions in two dimensions.
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