title: Generalized length scales for three-dimensional dendritic growth.
abstract: The crucial length scale of dendritic growth is the tip radius. Usually it is determined by fitting the data to a theoretical function. We present a method of a generalized tip radius which is entirely based on geometric considerations and is not dependent on an underlying assumption of the shape of the tip. Furthermore the results are stable and the average change of the tip radius between successive images is less than 6%.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorium für Festkörperphysik, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland. hsinger@solid.phys.ethz.ch
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Singer
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Bilgram