SEQUENTIAL PARTITIONING - AN ALTERNATIVE TO UNDERSTANDING SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS OF AVALANCHES IN FIRST-ORDER PHASE-TRANSITIONS

Authors
FRONTERA C GOICOECHEA J RAFOLS I VIVES E
Citation
C. Frontera et al., SEQUENTIAL PARTITIONING - AN ALTERNATIVE TO UNDERSTANDING SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS OF AVALANCHES IN FIRST-ORDER PHASE-TRANSITIONS, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 52(5), 1995, pp. 5671-5674
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Physycs, Mathematical","Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics → ACNP
ISSN journal
1063651X
Volume
52
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Part
B
Pages
5671 - 5674
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(1995)52:5<5671:SP-AAT>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We study the problem of the partition of a system of initial size V in to a sequence of fragments s(1), s(2), s(3).... By assuming a scaling hypothesis for the probability p(s; V) of obtaining a fragment of a gi ven size, we deduce that the final distribution of fragment sizes exhi bits power-law behavior. This minimal model is useful to understanding the distribution of avalanche sizes in first-order phase transitions at low temperatures.