Numéro
J. Phys. I France
Volume 7, Numéro 6, June 1997
Page(s) 767 - 775
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jp1:1997102
DOI: 10.1051/jp1:1997102
J. Phys. I France 7 (1997) 767-775

A Kinetic 14-Vertex Model for (2 + 1)D-Crystal Growth

Felix Hontinfinde

Dipartimento di Fisica, Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia, via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy



(Received 4 November 1996, revised 19 February 1997, accepted 8 March 1997)

Abstract
Some dynamic properties of a fourteen-vertex model defined on the bcc(001) surface are investigated with Glauber kinetics. Exact results are given for small-size versions of the model. Using Monte-Carlo simulations on large systems and the Becker-Doering law behaviour of the growth rate in the 2D-nucleation theory, a non-equilibrium phase diagram is presented.



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