Critical exponents of the KPZ equation via multi-surface coding numerical simulations

Citation
E. Marinari et al., Critical exponents of the KPZ equation via multi-surface coding numerical simulations, J PHYS A, 33(46), 2000, pp. 8181-8192
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS A-MATHEMATICAL AND GENERAL
ISSN journal
03054470 → ACNP
Volume
33
Issue
46
Year of publication
2000
Pages
8181 - 8192
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-4470(20001124)33:46<8181:CEOTKE>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
We study the KPZ equation (in D = 2, 3 and 4 spatial dimensions) by using a restricted solid-on-solid discretization of the surface. We measure the cr itical exponents very precisely, and we show that the rational guess is not appropriate, and that D = 4 is not the upper critical dimension. We are al so able to determine very precisely the exponent of the sub-leading scaling corrections, that turns out to be close to unity in all cases. We introduc e and use a multi-surface coding technique, that allows a gain of the order of 30-fold over usual numerical simulations.