On the interface between two growing materials and its relation with particle systems.

• Grant number: 06/61042-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: May 01, 2007
• End date: December 31, 2007
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Probability and Statistics - Applied Probability and Statistics
• Principal Investigator: Pablo Augusto Ferrari
• Grantee: Leandro Pinto Rodrigues Pimentel
• Host Institution: Instituto de Matemática e Estatística (IME). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 04/07276-2 - Stochastic Modelling of Interacting Systems, AP.TEM

Abstract

In this project we will study some competing growth models that are related to interacting particle systems. We will focus on the description of the interface between the growing clusters, its relation with the concept of second-class particles, and its macroscopic (hydrodynamic) and mesoscopic (fluctuations) behavior. (AU)