Critical behavior of complex interfaces

Year: 1997

Authors: Kapral R., Livi R., Politi A.

Autors Affiliation: Chemical Physics Theory Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 3H6 Canada;
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Firenze;
INFM, Sez. di Firenze, Firenze, Italy;
INFN, Sez. di Firenze, Firenze, Italy;
Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Largo E. Fermi 6, 50125 Firenze, Italy

Abstract: Dynamics of complex interfaces is investigated in a model of an oscillatory medium. The moving interfacial zone separating two phases of homogeneous oscillation consists of a phase with chaotic spatial and temporal behavior. As system parameters vary, the thickness of the interface grows until a phase transition occurs where the chaotic phase fills the entire domain. The system behavior and its critical properties are analyzed in terms of two coupled stochastic equations describing the profiles that delimit the interfacial zone.

Journal/Review: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Volume: 79 (12)      Pages from: 2277  to: 2280

KeyWords: Dynamics; Critical behavior;
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.2277

Citations: 13
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