title: Contour lines of the discrete scale-invariant rough surfaces.
abstract: We study the fractal properties of the two-dimensional (2D) discrete scale-invariant (DSI) rough surfaces. The contour lines of these rough surfaces show clear DSI. In the appropriate limit the DSI surfaces converge to the scale-invariant rough surfaces. The fractal properties of the 2D DSI rough surfaces apart from possessing the discrete scale-invariance property follow the properties of the contour lines of the corresponding scale-invariant rough surfaces. We check this hypothesis by calculating numerous fractal exponents of the contour lines by using numerical calculations. Apart from calculating the known scaling exponents, some other new fractal exponents are also calculated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Sharif University of Technology, P.O. Box 11365-9161, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: M Ghasemi
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Nezhadhaghighi
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rajabpour