Published May 6, 2016 | Version v1
Journal article

Roughening of an interface in a system with surface or bulk disorder

  • 1. Dipartimento di Fisica 'E. R. Caianiello', and INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Salerno, and CNISM, Unità di Salerno, Università di Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II 132, I-84084 Fisciano (Italy)
  • 2. Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Seconda Università di Napoli, Via Vivaldi, Caserta (Italy)

Description

We study numerically the roughening properties of an interface in a two-dimensional Ising model with either random bonds or random fields, which are representative of universality classes where disorder acts only on the interface or also away from it, in the bulk. The dynamical structure factor shows a rich crossover pattern from the form of a pure system at large wavevectors k, to a different behavior, typical of the kind of disorder, at smaller k's. For the random field model a second crossover is observed from the typical behavior of a system where disorder is only effective on the surface, as the random bond model, to the truly large scale behavior, where bulk-disorder is important, that is observed at the smallest wavevectors. (paper)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/49/18/185001

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and Theoretical (Online)
Journal Volume
49
Journal Issue
18
Journal Page Range
[16 p.]
ISSN
1751-8121

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
47067572
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
INTERFACES; ISING MODEL; RANDOMNESS; STRUCTURE FACTORS; SURFACES
Descriptors DEC
CRYSTAL MODELS; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS