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Allen-Cahn Equation

The Allen-Cahn equation described the evolution of a non-conserved order field during anti-phase domain coarsening. The energy functional again has the form given in equations 11 or 10. For isotropic interfaces gradient flow in the tex2html_wrap_inline1016 norm gives the Allen-Cahn equation:

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W. Craig Carter
Tue Sep 30 16:07:27 EDT 1997