Title

Statistical Topography of Glassy Interfaces

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Alan Middleton, Syracuse UniversityFollow
Chen Zeng, Rutgers University - New Brunswick/Piscataway
Jane Kondev, Brown University
David McNamara, Syracuse University

Document Type

Article

Date

9-8-1997

Language

English

Disciplines

Physics

Description/Abstract

Statistical topography of two-dimensional interfaces in the presence of quenched disorder is studied utilizing combinatorial optimization algorithms. Finite-size scaling is used to measure geometrical exponents associated with contour loops and fully packed loops. We find that contour-loop exponents depend on the type of disorder (periodic ``vs'' non-periodic) and they satisfy scaling relations characteristic of self-affine rough surfaces. Fully packed loops on the other hand are unaffected by disorder with geometrical exponents that take on their pure values.

Additional Information

4 pages, REVTEX, 4 figures included. Further information can be obtained from chenz@physics.rutgers.edu More information at http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9709092

Recommended Citation

Middleton, Alan; Zeng, Chen; Kondev, Jane; and McNamara, David, "Statistical Topography of Glassy Interfaces" (1997). Physics - All Scholarship. 200.
https://surface.syr.edu/phy/200

Source

Harvested from Arxiv.org

Creative Commons License

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