2007/11/26 by Janko Gravner, Gravner, Janko, David Griffeath +1
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #35R35 #60K35 #82C24 #FOS: Mathematics #FOS: Physical sciences #Mathematical Physics (math-ph) #Probability (math.PR) #Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics #Theoretical and Computational Physics #nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0711.4020
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We introduce a three-dimensional, computationally feasible, mesoscopic model for snow crystal growth, based on diffusion of vapor, anisotropic attachment, and a semi-liquid boundary layer. Several case studies are presented that faithfully emulate a wide variety of physical snowflakes.