Simulated healing of crystal surfaces
- 1 July 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 40 (1), 316-323
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.40.316
Abstract
We have studied the decay of one- and two-dimensional sinusoidal grooves on rough and smooth solid surfaces using Monte Carlo simulations of two-dimensional solid-on-solid models, employing both Glauber and Kawasaki dynamics. The dependence of the lifetime of the grooves on their wavelength and the time dependence of the average height (or amplitude) of the grooves are investigated. Where possible, the results are compared with theory and/or experiment.Keywords
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