Category: Statistical Physics

Correlated Random Walks in Dynamically Disordered Systems

Post author By R Hilfer
Post date November 22, 1988

R. Hilfer, R. Orbach

in: Dynamical Processes in Condensed Molecular Systems
edited by: J. Klafter and J. Jortner and A. Blumen
World Scientific Publ.Co., Singapore, 175 (1989)
https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814434379_0009
ISBN: 978-981-4434-37-9

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Tuesday, November 22, 1988

We discuss correlated hopping motion in a dynamically disordered environment. Particles of type A with one hopping rate diffuse in a background of B-particles with a different hopping rate. Double occupancy of sites is forbidden. Without correlations the limit in which the ratio of hopping rates diverges corresponds to diffusion on a percolating network, while the case of equal hopping rates is that of self-diffusion in a lattice gas. We consider also the effect of correlations. In general these will change the transition rate of the A-particle to the previously occupied site as compared to the rate for transitions to all other neighbouring sites. We calculate the frequency dependent conductivity for this model with arbitrary ratio of hopping rates and correlation strength. Results are reported for the two dimensional hexagonal lattice and the three dimensional face centered cubic lattice. We obtain our results from a generalization of the effective medium approximation for frozen percolating networks. We predict the appearance of new features in real and imaginary part of the conductivity as a result of correlations. Crossover behaviour resulting from the combined effect of disorder and correlations leads to apparent power laws over roughly one to two decades in frequency. In addition we find a crossover between a low frequency regime where the response is governed by the rearrangements in the geometry and a high frequency regime where the geometry appears frozen. We calculate the correlation factor for the d.c. limit and check our results against Monte Carlo simulations on the hexagonal and face centered cubic lattices. In all cases we find good agreement.

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Tags conductivity, correlations, dynamic percolation, Superionenleiter

Disordered Systems Nonequilibrium Pattern Formation

Theoretical Aspects of Polycrystalline Pattern Growth in Al/Ge Films

Post author By R Hilfer
Post date July 22, 1988

R. Hilfer

in: Fluctuation Phenomena and Pattern Growth
edited by: H.E. Stanley and N. Ostrowsky
Kluwer Academic Publishing, Dordrecht, 127 (1988)
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2653-0_23
ISBN 978-94-009-2653-0, ISBN 978-0-7923-0073-1

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Friday, July 22, 1988

These notes discuss recent theoretical approaches to polycrystalline fingering during annealing of amorphous Al/Ge thin films, and compare the to experiment.

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Tags growth, nucleation

diffusion fluid flow Nonequilibrium Pattern Formation

Pattern Formation at Liquid Interfaces

Post author By R Hilfer
Post date January 11, 1988

B. Heidel, C. Knobler, R. Hilfer, R. Bruinsma

Physical Review Letters 60, 2492 (1988)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.60.2492

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Monday, January 11, 1988

Although many examples of pattern formation resulting from chemical reactions at liquid interfaces are known, few have been studied in detail. We report a quantitative study of patterns formed by the photoproduction of Fe++ and its subsequent reaction to form Turnbull’s Blue. The experiment leads to the postulation of a mechanism in which autocatalysis is enhanced by double diffusion. The phase diagram contains a line of phase transitions whose critical behavior is discussed.

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Disordered Systems Fractals Nonequilibrium Pattern Formation

Phase Separation by Coupled Single-Crystal Growth and Polycrystalline Fingering in Al/Ge: Theory

Post author By R Hilfer
Post date May 26, 1987

S. Alexander, R. Bruinsma, R. Hilfer, G. Deutscher, Y. Lereah

Physical Review Letters 60, 1514 (1988)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.60.1514

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Tuesday, May 26, 1987

We present a theory for a new mode of phase separation discovered recently in thin layers of amorphous Al-Ge alloys. Phase separation and crystallization occurs in colonies developing from Al nuclei. Their growth is controlled by diffusion of atomic Ge inside crystalline Al, and by the nucleation and growth of Ge crystallites on the Al-Ge interface. We find that the growth velocity is constant as a consequence of the interaction between the ramified Al-Ge interface and the smooth boundary of the colony with the amorphous phase. Diffusion occurs only in a narrow strip controlled by a length scale related to the width of the Ge dendrites. Solution of the growth equations leads to a velocity selection mechanism as long as the Ge concentration is above a critical threshold. The basic length scale is argued to be controlled by a competition between nucleation and growth of the Ge crystallites.

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Tags growth, linear stability analysis, nucleation, velocity selection mechanism

Disordered Systems Nonequilibrium Pattern Formation

On Dense Branching Phase Separation

Post author By R Hilfer
Post date March 31, 1987

R. Hilfer, S. Alexander, R. Bruinsma

in: Time Dependent Effects in Disordered Materials
edited by: R.Pynn and T. Riste
Plenum Press, New York, 417 (1987)
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7476-3_43
ISBN 978-1-4684-7478-7, ISBN 978-1-4684-7476-3

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Tuesday, March 31, 1987

Recently Deutscher and Lareah discovered a new mode of phase separation in thin films of Al/Ge alloys. They observe the growth of circular “colonies” whose densely packed appearance has been called “dense branching morphology”. The colonies consist of a highly branched starlike “island” of polycrystalline Ge inside a “lake” of monocrystalline Al which is only slightly larger than the Ge island. Thus the Al forms a thin but essentially uninterrupted rim around the Ge peninsulas. The whole colony is embedded in the amorphous phase having an overall composition of 40 percent Al and 60 percent Ge. As these colonies grow into the metastable amorphous surrounding they preserve their more or less circular shape. This immediately raises the question why on the one hand the Al/Ge-interface shows an instability, while on the other the Al/amorphous boundary does not. We investigate this question first. We then present the theoretical description of the new growth morphology. We outline the solution of our equations and indicate how a unique growth velocity is selected. We finally compare our results with experiment.

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Tags growth, linear stability analysis, nucleation, velocity selection mechanism

Disordered Systems Lattice Models Renormalisation Stochastic Processes

Fluctuation-Dissipation on Fractals: A Probabilistic Approach

Post author By R Hilfer
Post date March 31, 1987

R. Hilfer, A. Blumen

in: Time Dependent Effects in Disordered Materials
edited by: R.Pynn and T. Riste
Plenum Press, New York, 217 (1987)

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Tuesday, March 31, 1987

The analogies between the diffusion problem and the resistor network problem as witnessed by the Einstein relation have been very important for analytical and numerical investigations of linear problems in disordered geometries (e.g. percolating clusters). This raises the question whether the resistor problem can be identified in a purely probabilistic context. An affirmative answer has recently been given and it was shown that the Einstein relation follows from a simple probabilistic argument. Here we present the results of a more general treatment.

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Disordered Systems Fractals Lattice Models Renormalisation Stochastic Processes

Renormalisation Group Approach in the Theory of Disordered Systems

Post author By R Hilfer
Post date July 23, 1986

R. Hilfer

Verlag Harri Deutsch, Frankfurt, 1986
ISBN-10: 3871449792, ISBN-13: 978-3871449796

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Wednesday, July 23, 1986

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Tags order parameter, real space renormalization

Fractals Lattice Models Renormalisation Stochastic Processes

On Finitely Ramified Fractals and Their Extensions

Post author By R Hilfer
Post date July 11, 1985

R. Hilfer, A. Blumen

in: Fractals in Physics
edited by: L. Pietronero and E. Tosatti
Elsevier Publishing Co., Amsterdam, 33 (1986)

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Thursday, July 11, 1985

We construct deterministic fractal lattices using generators with tetrahedral symmetry. From the corresponding master equation we determine the spectral dimension d and prove that d<2. Furthermore we extend our set of fractals (with d dense in [1,2]) by direct multiplication, thus obtaining fractals whose d are dense for all real numbers larger than or equal to 1 .

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Tags Anomalous Diffusion, finitely ramified, Markov chain, post-critically finite, real space renormalization, Sierpinski gasket

Critical phenomena Disordered Systems Fractals Lattice Models Random Walks Renormalisation Stochastic Processes

Renormalisation on Symmetric Fractals

Post author By R Hilfer
Post date July 9, 1984

R. Hilfer, A. Blumen

J.Phys.A: Math. Gen. 17, L783 (1984)
https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/17/14/011

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Monday, July 9, 1984

We introduce and investigate new classes of Sierpinski-type fractals. We determine their fractal and spectral dimensions using renormalisation procedures and, for particular classes, we give these dimensions in closed form. The spectral dimensions densely fill the interval [1,2], allowing us to choose flexibly models for applications.

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Disordered Systems Fractals Lattice Models Renormalisation Stochastic Processes

Renormalisation on Sierpinski-type Fractals

Post author By R Hilfer
Post date April 13, 1984

R. Hilfer, A. Blumen

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General 17, L573-L545 (1984)
10.1088/0305-4470/17/10/004

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Friday, April 13, 1984

We present a family of deterministic fractals which generalise the d-dimensional Sierpinski gaskets and we establish their order of ramification and their fractal and spectral dimensions. Random walks on these fractals are renormalisable and lead to rational, not necessarily polynomial, mappings.

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Tags Anomalous Diffusion, finitely ramified, Markov chain, post-critically finite, real space renormalization, Sierpinski gasket, spectral dimension