DECAY OF GROOVES CUT IN A SURFACE WITH SINGULAR ORIENTATION WHEN THE NEIGHBORING ORIENTATIONS ARE UNSTABLE

Authors
DUPORT C CHAME A MULLINS WW VILLAIN J
Citation
C. Duport et al., DECAY OF GROOVES CUT IN A SURFACE WITH SINGULAR ORIENTATION WHEN THE NEIGHBORING ORIENTATIONS ARE UNSTABLE, Journal de physique. I, 6(8), 1996, pp. 1095-1125
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Journal de physique. I → ACNP
ISSN journal
11554304
Volume
6
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1095 - 1125
Database
ISI
SICI code
1155-4304(1996)6:8<1095:DOGCIA>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
The decay of a grooved profile when the average orientation is singula r is treated in the particular case when the orientations close to the singular one are unstable. The system is assumed to exchange atoms wi th its vapour. The step fluctuations, which allow the profile decay, a re treated by a partially exact transfer matrix method. The time <(tau )over bar> to peel the topmost layer is obtained as a function of the width l of a terrace: <(tau)over bar> proportional to lexp(kappa l), w here the constant kappa depends on the temperature.