Published February 14, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Langevin dynamics of A+A reactions in one dimension

  • 1. Departament d'Estructura i Constituents de la Materia, Facultat de Fisica, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 647, E-08028 Barcelona (Spain)
  • 2. Cinvestav-Queretaro, Libramiento Norponiente No 2000, Real de Juriquilla, 76230 Queretaro, Qro (Mexico)
  • 3. Departament de Fisica Aplicada, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Avenida Doctor Maranon 44, E-08028 Barcelona (Spain)
  • 4. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 0340 and Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0340 (United States)

Description

We propose a set of Langevin equations of motion together with a reaction rule for the study of binary reactions. Our scheme is designed to address this problem for arbitrary friction γ and temperature T. It easily accommodates the inclusion of a substrate potential, and it lends itself to straightforward numerical integration. We test this approach on diffusion-limited (γ → ∞) as well as ballistic (γ = 0) A+A → P reactions for which there are extensive exact and approximate theoretical results as well as extensive Monte Carlo results. We reproduce the known results using our integration scheme, and also present new results for the ballistic reactions

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0953-8984/19/6/065108;
PII
S0953-8984(07)30012-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
19
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 065108
ISSN
0953-8984
CODEN
JCOMEL

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
38080834
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Descriptors DEI
DIFFUSION; FRICTION; LANGEVIN EQUATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POTENTIALS; SUBSTRATES
Descriptors DEC
CALCULATION METHODS; EQUATIONS