Published June 19, 2015 | Version v1
Journal article

Aggregation driven by a localized source

  • 1. Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215 (United States)

Description

We study aggregation driven by a localized source of monomers. The densities become stationary and have algebraic tails far away from the source. We show that in a model with mass-independent reaction rates and diffusion coefficients, the density of monomers decays as r β ( d ) in d dimensions. The decay exponent has irrational values in physically relevant dimensions: β ( 3 ) = ( 17 + 1 ) / 2 and β ( 2 ) = 8 . We also study Brownian coagulation with a localized source and establish the behavior of the total cluster density and the total number of of clusters in the system. The latter quantity exhibits a logarithmic growth with time. (paper)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/48/24/245002

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and Theoretical (Online)
Journal Volume
48
Journal Issue
24
Journal Page Range
[17 p.]
ISSN
1751-8121

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
51036433
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
AGGLOMERATION; COST; DENSITY; DIFFUSION; MONOMERS; REACTION KINETICS
Descriptors DEC
KINETICS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES