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Condensation phase transitions of symmetric conserved-mass aggregation model on complex networks

Statistical Mechanics 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

We investigate condensation phase transitions of symmetric conserved-mass aggregation (SCA) model on random networks (RNs) and scale-free networks (SFNs) with degree distribution P(k)kγP(k) \sim k^{-\gamma}. In SCA model, masses diffuse with unite rate, and unit mass chips off from mass with rate ω\omega. The dynamics conserves total mass density ρ\rho. In the steady state, on RNs and SFNs with γ>3\gamma>3 for ω\omega \neq \infty, we numerically show that SCA model undergoes the same type condensation transitions as those on regular lattices. However the critical line ρc(ω)\rho_c (\omega) depends on network structures. On SFNs with γ3\gamma \leq 3, the fluid phase of exponential mass distribution completely disappears and no phase transitions occurs. Instead, the condensation with exponentially decaying background mass distribution always takes place for any non-zero density. For the existence of the condensed phase for γ3\gamma \leq 3 at the zero density limit, we investigate one lamb-lion problem on RNs and SFNs. We numerically show that a lamb survives indefinitely with finite survival probability on RNs and SFNs with γ>3\gamma >3, and dies out exponentially on SFNs with γ3\gamma \leq 3. The finite life time of a lamb on SFNs with γ3\gamma \leq 3 ensures the existence of the condensation at the zero density limit on SFNs with γ3\gamma \leq 3 at which direct numerical simulations are practically impossible. At ω=\omega = \infty, we numerically confirm that complete condensation takes place for any ρ>0\rho > 0 on RNs. Together with the recent study on SFNs, the complete condensation always occurs on both RNs and SFNs in zero range process with constant hopping rate.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0512372,
  title  = {Condensation phase transitions of symmetric conserved-mass aggregation model on complex networks},
  author = {Sungchul Kwon and Sungmin Lee and Yup Kim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0512372},
  year   = {2009}
}

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6 pages, 6 figures