KINETICS IN COAGULATION-ANNIHILATION PROCESSES

Authors
SOKOLOV IM BLUMEN A
Citation
Im. Sokolov et A. Blumen, KINETICS IN COAGULATION-ANNIHILATION PROCESSES, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 50(3), 1994, pp. 2335-2338
Citations number
31
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
50
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
2335 - 2338
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(1994)50:3<2335:KICP>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
We investigate the combined role of coagulation and annihilation in pr ocesses involving particles of two kinds. When two clusters meet they either coagulate (if they contain particles of the same kind) or a pai rwise annihilation of particles according to the A+B->O scheme takes p lace, so that (at most) one cluster survives. We monitor the temporal evolution of the number of particles and of the number of clusters in the system. We present numerically determined scaling laws, which we j ustify through analytical considerations.