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Title: A theory for the morphology of Laplacian growth from statistics of equivalent many-body Hamiltonian systems

Conference ·
OSTI ID:10163580

The evolution of two dimensional interfaces in a Laplacian field is discussed. By mapping the growing region conformally onto the unit disk, the problem is converted to the dynamics of a many-body system. This problem is shown to be Hamiltonian. An extension of the many body approach to a continuous density is discussed. The Hamiltonian structure allows introduction of surface effects as an external field. These results are used to formulate a first-principles statistical theory for the morphology of the interface using statistical mechanics for the many-body system.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
10163580
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-94-2077; CONF-950221-1; ON: DE94014473
Resource Relation:
Conference: 3. international working conference on fractals in the natural and applied sciences,Marseille (France),7-10 Feb 1995; Other Information: PBD: [1994]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English