Smoothing a Rock by Chipping
| dc.creator | Krapivsky, P. L. | |
| dc.creator | Redner, S. | |
| dc.date | 2006-11-15 | |
| dc.date | 2008-04-23 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T09:34:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T09:34:03Z | |
| dc.description | We investigate an idealized model for the size reduction and smoothing of a polygonal rock due to repeated chipping at corners. Each chip is sufficiently small so that only a single corner and a fraction of its two adjacent sides are cut from the object in a single chipping event. After many chips have been cut away, the resulting shape of the rock is generally anisotropic, with facet lengths and corner angles distributed over a broad range. Although a well-defined shape is quickly reached for each realization, there are large fluctuations between realizations. | |
| dc.description | 7 pages, 10 figures, 2-column revtex4 format; version 2: final published form in PRE; contains minor changes in response to referee comments | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0611408 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0611408 | |
| dc.identifier | Phs. Rev. E 75, 031119 (2007) | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.75.031119 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/159352 | |
| dc.subject | Statistical Mechanics | |
| dc.title | Smoothing a Rock by Chipping | |
| dc.type | text |