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VOLUME 47 (1988) | ISSUE 8 | PAGE 396
Formation of macroscopic steps at vicinal surfaces during crystal growth
The evolution of the macroscopic relief of a vicinal surface of a growing (or evaporating) crystal is analyzed. An equation is derived to describe the formation and decay of macroscopic steps as a result of nonlinear effects of a diffusion interaction of moving elementary steps. Depending on the extent of supersaturation, this equation may reduce to either a Burgers equation or a Korteweg-de Vries equation. Some particular exact solutions of these equations which are of most interest for applications are analyzed.