2013/08/22 by James G. Kelly, Kelly, James G., Everett C. Boyer +1
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases (nlin.CG) #FOS: Physical sciences #Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci) #Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence #Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics #Theoretical and Computational Physics
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1308.4910
openalex publication_date 2013/08/22 · openalex created_date 2022/10/01 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We motivate and derive the dynamical rules for a computationally feasible\nthree-dimensional cellular automaton model of snow crystal growth. The model\nimproves upon points of weak physical connections identified in other similar\nmodels which have produced morphological features observed in many snow crystal\nphotographs. A systematic survey of the morphologies resulting from our model\nillustrates the degree to which these features persist in our results, and the\ntrends that appear as model parameters are varied.\n