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%X A symmetric phase field model is used to study wavelength selection in two dimensions. We study the problem in a finite system using a two-pronged approach. First we construct an action and. minimizing this, we obtain the most probable configuration of the system, which we identify with the selected stationary state. The minimization is constrained by the stationary solutions of stochastic evolution equations and is done numerically. Secondly, additional support for this selected state is obtained from straightforward simulations of the dynamics from a variety of initial states. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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%T Pattern selection in a phase field model for directional solidification
%@secondarytype PRE PI
%K stochastic processes, pattern selection, ginzburg-landau equation, eutectic growth, eckhaus instability, crystal-growth, weak noise, systems, fluctuations, dynamics, lamellar.
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%@group LAS-INPE-MCT-BR
%@secondarykey INPE-12878-PRE/8168
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%2 sid.inpe.br/marciana/2005/07.11.13.28.11
%@affiliation Universidae Federal do  Ceara. Departamento de Física, Fortaleza, Ceara
%@affiliation Brown Univ, Dept Phys, Providence, USA
%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Laboratório Associado de Sensores e Materiais, (INPE, LAS)
%B Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
%P 333-343
%4 sid.inpe.br/marciana/2005/07.11.13.28
%D 2005
%V 354
%A Costa, R. N.,
%A Kosterlitz, J. M.,
%A Granato, Enzo,
%@dissemination WEBSCI; PORTALCAPES; COMPENDEX.
%@area FISMAT