Front and domain growth in the presence of gravity.

Front and domain growth of a binary mixture in the presence of a gravitational field is studied. The interplay of bulk (and surface) diffusion mechanisms is analyzed. An equation for the evolution of interfaces is derived from a time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equation with a concentration dependent...

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Autores: Lacasta Palacio, Ana María|||0000-0002-9060-6043, Hernández-Machado, Aurora, Sancho, Jose Maria
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1993
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/2616
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/2616
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.48.9418
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Nonlinear systems
Nonlinear dynamics
Phase separation
Domain growth
Gravity
Sistemes no lineals
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física
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Sumario:Front and domain growth of a binary mixture in the presence of a gravitational field is studied. The interplay of bulk (and surface) diffusion mechanisms is analyzed. An equation for the evolution of interfaces is derived from a time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equation with a concentration dependent diffusion coefficient. Scaling arguemnts on this equation give the exponents of a powerlaw growth. Numerical integrations of the Ginzburg-Landau equation corroborate the theoretical analysis.