Finite Size Effects in Addition and Chipping Processes

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Main Authors: Dyachenko, Roman R., Matveev, Sergey A., Krapivsky, P. L.
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Published: 2023
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author Dyachenko, Roman R.
Matveev, Sergey A.
Krapivsky, P. L.
author_facet Dyachenko, Roman R.
Matveev, Sergey A.
Krapivsky, P. L.
contents We investigate analytically and numerically a system of clusters evolving via collisions with clusters of minimal mass (monomers). Each collision either leads to the addition of the monomer to the cluster or the chipping of a monomer from the cluster, and emerging behaviors depend on which of the two processes is more probable. If addition prevails, monomers disappear in a time that scales as $\ln N$ with the total mass $N\gg 1$, and the system reaches a jammed state. When chipping prevails, the system remains in a quasi-stationary state for a time that scales exponentially with $N$, but eventually, a giant fluctuation leads to the disappearance of monomers. In the marginal case, monomers disappear in a time that scales linearly with $N$, and the final supercluster state is a peculiar jammed state, viz., it is not extensive.
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spellingShingle Finite Size Effects in Addition and Chipping Processes
Dyachenko, Roman R.
Matveev, Sergey A.
Krapivsky, P. L.
Statistical Mechanics
Numerical Analysis
Classical Analysis and ODEs
Statistics Theory
Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
82M31, 65L07, 65L99, 60G99
I.6.1; G.1.7; G.1.1
We investigate analytically and numerically a system of clusters evolving via collisions with clusters of minimal mass (monomers). Each collision either leads to the addition of the monomer to the cluster or the chipping of a monomer from the cluster, and emerging behaviors depend on which of the two processes is more probable. If addition prevails, monomers disappear in a time that scales as $\ln N$ with the total mass $N\gg 1$, and the system reaches a jammed state. When chipping prevails, the system remains in a quasi-stationary state for a time that scales exponentially with $N$, but eventually, a giant fluctuation leads to the disappearance of monomers. In the marginal case, monomers disappear in a time that scales linearly with $N$, and the final supercluster state is a peculiar jammed state, viz., it is not extensive.
title Finite Size Effects in Addition and Chipping Processes
topic Statistical Mechanics
Numerical Analysis
Classical Analysis and ODEs
Statistics Theory
Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
82M31, 65L07, 65L99, 60G99
I.6.1; G.1.7; G.1.1
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.13111