PROBABILISTIC FRAGMENTATION AND EFFECTIVE POWER-LAW

Authors
MARSILI M ZHANG YC
Citation
M. Marsili et Yc. Zhang, PROBABILISTIC FRAGMENTATION AND EFFECTIVE POWER-LAW, Physical review letters, 77(17), 1996, pp. 3577-3580
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
77
Issue
17
Year of publication
1996
Pages
3577 - 3580
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1996)77:17<3577:PFAEP>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
A probabilistic fragmentation model is introduced and analyzed. We sho w that, under very general conditions, an effective power law for the mass distribution arises with a realistic exponent. The exponent has a universal limit, but, in practice, the effective exponent depends on the detailed breaking mechanism and the initial conditions. This depen dence is in fair agreement with experimental results.