The expected duration of random sequential adsorption
Probability
2009-09-29 v1
Abstract
When gas molecules bind to a surface they may do so in such a way that the adsorption of one molecule inhibits the arrival of others. We consider random sequential adsorption in which the empty sites of a graph are irreversibly occupied in random order by a variety of types of ``particles.'' In a finite region the process terminates when no more particles can arrive. A universal asymptotic formula for the mean duration is given.
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@article{arxiv.0801.3184,
title = {The expected duration of random sequential adsorption},
author = {Aidan Sudbury},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.3184},
year = {2009}
}
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Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/07-AAP445 the Annals of Applied Probability (http://www.imstat.org/aap/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)