Aggregate formation in a system of coagulating and fragmenting particles with mass-dependent diffusion rates

Abstract

The effect of introducing a mass dependent diffusion rate ~ m^{-alpha} in a model of coagulation with single-particle break up is studied both analytically and numerically. The model with alpha=0 is known to undergo a nonequilibrium phase transition as the mass density in the system is varied from a phase with an exponential distribution of mass to a phase with a power-law distribution of masses in addition to a single infinite aggregate. This transition is shown to be curbed, at finite densities, for all alpha > 0 in any dimension. However, a signature of this transition is seen in finite systems in the form of a large aggregate and the finite size scaling implications of this are characterized. The exponents characterizing the steady state probability that a randomly chosen site has mass m are calculated using scaling arguments. The full probability distribution is obtained within a mean field approximation and found to compare well with the results from numerical simulations in one dimension.

9 pages, 5 figures, revtex

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