Directed surfaces in disordered media

A. L. Barabási, G. Grinstein, M. A. Muñoz

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Abstract (may include machine translation)

The critical exponents for a class of one-dimensional models of interface depinning in disordered media can be calculated through a mapping onto directed percolation. In higher dimensions these models give rise to directed surfaces, which do not belong to the directed percolation universality class. We formulate a scaling theory of directed surfaces, and calculate critical exponents numerically, using a cellular automaton that locates the directed surfaces without making reference to the dynamics of the underlying interface growth models.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1481-1484
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume76
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 1996
Externally publishedYes

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