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Emergence of particle clusters in a one-dimensional model: connection to condensation processes

Statistical Mechanics 2017-05-05 v2

Abstract

We discuss a simple model of particles hopping in one dimension with attractive interactions. Taking a hydrodynamic limit in which the interaction strength increases with the system size, we observe the formation of multiple clusters of particles, each containing a finite fraction of the all the particles in the system. These clusters are correlated in space, and the system has a self-similar (fractal) structure. These results are related to condensation phenomena in mass transport models and to a recent mathematical analysis of the hydrodynamic limit in a related model.

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@article{arxiv.1608.04304,
  title  = {Emergence of particle clusters in a one-dimensional model: connection to condensation processes},
  author = {Matthew Burman and Daniel Carpenter and Robert L. Jack},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.04304},
  year   = {2017}
}

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16 pages