Wetting under nonequilibrium conditions

H. Hinrichsen, R. Livi, D. Mukamel, and A. Politi
Phys. Rev. E 68, 041606 – Published 20 October 2003
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Abstract

We report a detailed account of the phase diagram of a recently introduced model for nonequilibrium wetting in (1+1) dimensions [H. Hinrichsen, R. Livi, D. Mukamel, and A. Politi, Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 2710 (1997)]. A mean-field approximation is shown to reproduce the main features of the phase diagram, while providing indications for the behavior of the wetting transition in higher dimensions. The mean-field phase diagram is found to exhibit an extra transition line which does not exist in (1+1) dimensions. The line separates a phase in which the interface height distribution decays exponentially at large heights from a superexponentially decaying phase. Implications to wetting in dimensions higher than (1+1) are discussed.

  • Received 6 May 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.68.041606

©2003 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

H. Hinrichsen1,2, R. Livi3, D. Mukamel1, and A. Politi4

  • 1Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
  • 2Theoretische Physik, Fachbereich 8, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, 42097 Wuppertal, Germany
  • 3Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá di Firenze, INFM UdR di Firenze and INFN Sezione di Firenze, via Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
  • 4Istituto Nazionale di Ottica Applicata, Largo E. Fermi 6, Firenze, Italy and INFM UdR di Firenze, via Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy

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Vol. 68, Iss. 4 — October 2003

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