2002/06/25 by Francisco Vera, Francisco Gutiérrez Vera, Vera, Francisco
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics #Cryospheric studies and observations #FOS: Physical sciences #Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS) #nlin.PS
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.nlin/0206039
arxiv created 2002/06/25 · openalex publication_date 2002/06/25 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We will show that the complex shapes of snow crystals can be explained from a simple basic mechanism that is also responsible for the appearance of many others structures in nature. We expect that this new physical mechanism, that follows from minimizing the total stored energy, will permit to explain most of the features of snow crystal growth.