Extremal statistics of curved growing interfaces in 1+1 dimensions

Abstract

We study the joint probability distribution function (pdf) of the maximum M of the height and its position X_M of a curved growing interface belonging to the universality class described by the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation in 1+1 dimensions. We obtain exact results for the closely related problem of p non-intersecting Brownian bridges where we compute the joint pdf P_p(M,τ_M) where τ_M is there the time at which the maximal height M is reached. Our analytical results, in the limit p \to \infty, become exact for the interface problem in the growth regime. We show that our results, for moderate values of p \sim 10 describe accurately our numerical data of a prototype of these systems, the polynuclear growth model in droplet geometry. We also discuss applications of our results to the ground state configuration of the directed polymer in a random potential with one fixed endpoint.

6 pages, 4 figures. Published version, to appear in Europhysics Letters. New results added for non-intersecting excursions

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