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We develop a method, for simulating epitaxial growth, based on coarse graining (in time) the evolution equations of the probability functions for Kinetic Monte Carlo. Our approach has the advantages offered by continuum methods but still retains enough of the fluctuations to offer good physical fidelity. We have compared our method to KMC in a number of situations and found good agreement.
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DeVita, J.P., Sander, L.M., Smereka, P. (2005). Quasicontinuum Monte Carlo Simulation of Multilayer Surface Growth. In: Voigt, A. (eds) Multiscale Modeling in Epitaxial Growth. ISNM International Series of Numerical Mathematics, vol 149. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7643-7343-1_5
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