Dynamical Scaling Implications of Ferrari, Prähofer, and Spohn's Remarkable Spatial Scaling Results for Facet-Edge Fluctuations

T. L. Einstein, Alberto Pimpinelli

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Abstract

Spurred by theoretical predictions from Ferrari et al. (Phys Rev E 69:035102(R), 2004), we rederived and extended their result heuristically. With experimental colleagues we used STM line scans to corroborate their prediction that the fluctuations of the step bounding a facet exhibit scaling properties distinct from those of isolated steps or steps on vicinal surfaces. The correlation functions was shown to go as t0.15(3), decidedly different from the t0.26(2) behavior for fluctuations of isolated steps.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1178-1190
Number of pages13
JournalJournal of Statistical Physics
Volume155
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2014

Keywords

  • Facets
  • Fluctuations
  • STM
  • Scaling
  • Steps

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Mathematical Physics

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