Kinetic roughening phenomena, stochastic growth, directed polymers and all that. Aspects of multidisciplinary statistical mechanics

@article{HalpinHealy1995KineticRP,
  title={Kinetic roughening phenomena, stochastic growth, directed polymers and all that. Aspects of multidisciplinary statistical mechanics},
  author={Timothy Halpin-Healy and Yicheng Zhang},
  journal={Physics Reports},
  year={1995},
  volume={254},
  pages={215-414}
}
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