Cluster persistence in one-dimensional diffusion-limited cluster-cluster aggregation

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© 2002 American Physical Society (APS). This is the accepted version of the following article: Hellén, E. K. O. & Salmi, P. E. & Alava, Mikko J. 2002. Cluster persistence in one-dimensional diffusion-limited cluster-cluster aggregation. Physical Review E. Volume 66, Issue 5. 051108/1-10. ISSN 1539-3755 (printed). DOI: 10.1103/physreve.66.051108, which has been published in final form at http://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.66.051108.
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School of Science | A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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2002

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en

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051108/1-10

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Physical Review E, Volume 66, Issue 5

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The persistence probability, PC(t), of a cluster to remain unaggregated is studied in cluster-cluster aggregation, when the diffusion coefficient of a cluster depends on its size s as D(s)∼sγ. In the mean field the problem maps to the survival of three annihilating random walkers with time-dependent noise correlations. For γ>~0 the motion of persistent clusters becomes asymptotically irrelevant and the mean-field theory provides a correct description. For γ<0 the spatial fluctuations remain relevant and the persistence probability is overestimated by the random walk theory. The decay of persistence determines the small size tail of the cluster size distribution. For 0<γ<2 the distribution is flat and, surprisingly, independent of γ.

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cluster-cluster aggregation, persistence

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Hellén, E. K. O. & Salmi, P. E. & Alava, Mikko J. 2002. Cluster persistence in one-dimensional diffusion-limited cluster-cluster aggregation. Physical Review E. Volume 66, Issue 5. 051108/1-10. ISSN 1539-3755 (printed). DOI: 10.1103/physreve.66.051108.