| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 75, Number 2, July 2006
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 220 - 226 | |
| Section | General | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2005-10601-5 | |
| Published online | 16 June 2006 | |
Fluctuations of the tip of an interface curved by an instability
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Corresponding author: Pierre.Pelce@Irphe.univ-mrs.fr
Received:
22
September
2005
Accepted:
26
May
2006
We determine the amplitude of fluctuations in the tip region of a moving interface of large tip radius curved by an instability. The interface dynamics is derived for viscous fingering, solidification, and flame propagation. It is implemented, as for the Langevin equation, by a stochastic source, of zero mean and infinitely short-distance correlation. A selection diagram for dendrites can be deduced by limiting a large domain of experimental relevance where fluctuations exceed exponentially small terms which, in a purely deterministic theory, are cancelled by the anisotropy of surface tension.
PACS: 05.40.-a – Fluctuation phenomena, random processes, noise, and Brownian motion / 81.10.-h – Methods of crystal growth; physics of crystal growth / 47.20.-k – Flow instabilities
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