2D growth processes: SLE and Loewner chains

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dc.creatorBauer, Michel
dc.creatorBernard, Denis
dc.date2006-02-20
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:28:10Z
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dc.descriptionThis review provides an introduction to two dimensional growth processes. Although it covers a variety processes such as diffusion limited aggregation, it is mostly devoted to a detailed presentation of stochastic Schramm-Loewner evolutions (SLE) which are Markov processes describing interfaces in 2D critical systems. It starts with an informal discussion, using numerical simulations, of various examples of 2D growth processes and their connections with statistical mechanics. SLE is then introduced and Schramm's argument mapping conformally invariant interfaces to SLE is explained. A substantial part of the review is devoted to reveal the deep connections between statistical mechanics and processes, and more specifically to the present context, between 2D critical systems and SLE. Some of the SLE remarkable properties are explained, as well as the tools for computing with SLE. This review has been written with the aim of filling the gap between the mathematical and the physical literatures on the subject.
dc.descriptionA review on Stochastic Loewner evolutions for Physics Reports, 172 pages, low quality figures, better quality figures upon request to the authors, comments welcome
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0602049
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0602049
dc.identifierPhys.Rept.432:115-221,2006
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/j.physrep.2006.06.002
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/196357
dc.subjectMathematical Physics
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.title2D growth processes: SLE and Loewner chains
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