Surface modes and ordered patterns during spinodal decomposition of an ABv model alloy

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作者
Plapp, M
Gouyet, JF
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[1] Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.4970
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We study a lattice gas model for a binary alloy with vacancies by means of a mean-field kinetic equation, Simulations of droplets of unstable mixture immersed in a stable vapor show the emergence of ordered structures at the surface which propagate into the bulk. We calculate characteristic wavelengths and propagation velocities of these patterns by a linear stability analysis. The thickness of the ordered layer depends on the model parameters and the strength of the initial noise.
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页码:4970 / 4973
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