The Local Equilibrium State of a Crystal Surface Jump Process in the Rough Scaling Regime

Abstract

We investigate the local equilibrium (LE) distribution of a crystal surface jump process as it approaches its hydrodynamic (continuum) limit in a nonstandard scaling regime introduced by Marzuola and Weare. The atypical scaling leads to a local equilibrium state whose structure is novel, to the best of our knowledge. The distinguishing characteristic of the new,"rough"LE state is that the ensemble average of single lattice site observables do not vary smoothly across lattice sites. We investigate numerically and analytically how the rough LE state affects the convergence mechanism via three key limits, and show that by comparison, more standard,"smooth"LE states satisfy stronger versions of these limits.