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E Daryaei1, N A M Araújo, K J Schrenk

  • 1Computational Physics for Engineering Materials, Institut f. Baustoffe, ETH Zurich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Street 27, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland. daryaei@physics.sharif.edu

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Watersheds dividing drainage basins are identified as Schramm-Loewner evolution (SLE) curves. This finding challenges existing theories and suggests a new connection to conformal field theory in random landscapes.

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Area of Science:

  • Complex Systems
  • Statistical Physics
  • Geomorphology

Background:

  • Watersheds are natural boundaries in drainage basins.
  • Schramm-Loewner evolution (SLE) describes random curves in 2D conformal field theory.
  • The duality conjecture in SLE relates different values of the parameter κ.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the mathematical nature of watersheds in the continuum limit.
  • To determine if watersheds can be modeled by Schramm-Loewner evolution (SLE) curves.
  • To explore the implications of this finding for conformal invariance and related theories.

Main Methods:

  • Numerical evaluations were performed to analyze watershed behavior.
  • The study compared numerical results with theoretical predictions of SLE.
  • Statistical analysis was used to determine the parameter κ for SLE curves representing watersheds.

Main Results:

  • Watersheds in the continuum limit are shown to be SLE curves characterized by a parameter κ.
  • The calculated value of κ = 1.734 ± 0.005 is the first physical example of SLE with κ<2.
  • This result falls outside the established duality conjecture for SLE models.

Conclusions:

  • The findings suggest conformal invariance in random landscapes.
  • Watersheds may correspond to a logarithmic conformal field theory with central charge c ≈ -7/2.
  • The study opens new questions regarding the existence and reversibility of dual SLE models.