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Aggregation with Multiple Conservation Laws

Condensed Matter 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

Aggregation processes with an arbitrary number of conserved quantities are investigated. On the mean-field level, an exact solution for the size distribution is obtained. The asymptotic form of this solution exhibits nontrivial ``double'' scaling. While processes with one conserved quantity are governed by a single scale, processes with multiple conservation laws exhibit an additional diffusion-like scale. The theory is applied to ballistic aggregation with mass and momentum conserving collisions and to diffusive aggregation with multiple species.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9506034,
  title  = {Aggregation with Multiple Conservation Laws},
  author = {P. L. Krapivsky and E. Ben-Naim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9506034},
  year   = {2009}
}

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18 pages, tex