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 d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Lacasta Palacio, Ana María, Hernández Machado, Aurora, Sancho, José M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1993
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/9889
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/9889
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Transformacions de fase (Física estadística)
Difusió
Física de l'estat sòlid
Phase transformations (Statistical physics)
Diffusion
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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 arguments on this equation give the exponents of a power-law growth. Numerical integrations of the Ginzburg-Landau equation corroborate the theoretical analysis.