Papers by Author: Simon P.A. Gill

Abstract: A kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) model for surface diffusion on a 2D lattice is proposed. An equivalent continuum cellular automaton (CA) model is derived from this. These models are shown to produce similar results at high temperatures. A hybrid KMC-CA model is derived which consistently allows material to transfer between a deterministic CA model and a stochastic KMC model concurrently embedded within it. The quality of the model is demonstrated by simulating the flattening of a sinusoidal surface profile and the evolution of an elliptical body into a circular one.