Variable-range Projection Model for Turbulence-driven Collisions

Abstract

We discuss the probability distribution of relative speed $\Delta V$ of inertial particles suspended in a highly turbulent gas when the Stokes numbers, a dimensionless measure of their inertia, is large. We identify a mechanism giving rise to the distribution $P(\Delta V)\sim \exp (-C|\Delta V{|}^{4/3})$ (for some constant $C$). Our conclusions are supported by numerical simulations and the analytical solution of a model equation of motion. The results determine the rate of collisions between suspended particles. They are relevant to the hypothesised mechanism for formation of planets by aggregation of dust particles in circumstellar nebula.

4 pages, 2 figures

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