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We construct a time-dependent solution to the Smoluchowski coagulation equation with a constant flux of dust particles entering through the boundary at zero. The dust is instantaneously converted into particles and flux solutions have…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-11 Marina A. Ferreira , Aleksis Vuoksenmaa

This article aims to establish a semi-analytical approach based on the homotopy perturbation method (HPM) to find the closed form or approximated solutions for the population balance equations such as Smoluchowski's coagulation,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-01-10 Gourav Arora , Rajesh Kumar , Youcef Mammeri

We study multicomponent coagulation via the Smoluchowski coagulation equation under non-equilibrium stationary conditions induced by a source of small clusters. The coagulation kernel can be very general, merely satisfying certain power law…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-03-25 Marina A. Ferreira , Jani Lukkarinen , Alessia Nota , Juan J. L. Velázquez

We study a family of numerical schemes applied to a class of multiscale systems of stochastic differential equations. When the time scale separation parameter vanishes, a well-known Smoluchowski--Kramers diffusion approximation result…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-08-02 Charles-Edouard Bréhier

We consider the multicomponent Smoluchowski coagulation equation under non-equilibrium conditions induced either by a source term or via a constant flux constraint. We prove that the corresponding stationary non-equilibrium solutions have a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-02-16 Marina A. Ferreira , Jani Lukkarinen , Alessia Nota , Juan J. L. Velázquez

This article is devoted to a generalized version of Smoluchowski's coagulation equation. This model describes the time evolution of a system of aggregating particles under the effect of external input and output particles. We show that for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-06-16 Prasanta Kumar Barik , Asha K. Dond , Rakesh Kumar

An active Brownian particle is a minimal model for a self-propelled colloid in a dissipative environment. Experiments and simulations show that, in the presence of boundaries and obstacles, active Brownian particle systems approach…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-01-17 Caleb G. Wagner , Michael F. Hagan , Aparna Baskaran

Smoluchowski's coagulation equations can be used as elementary mathematical models for the formation of polymers. We review here some recent contributions on a variation of this model in which the number of aggregations for each atom is a…

Probability · Mathematics 2012-02-24 Jean Bertoin

We present a simple thermodynamically consistent method for solving time-dependent Fokker--Planck equations (FPE) for over-damped stochastic processes, also known as Smoluchowski equations. It yields both transition and steady-state…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-03-12 Viktor Holubec , Klaus Kroy , Stefano Steffenoni

Computing stationary states is an important topic for phase field crystal (PFC) models. Great efforts have been made for energy dissipation of the numerical schemes when using gradient flows. However, it is always time-consuming due to the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-09-04 Kai Jiang , Wei Si , Chenglong Bao

Over the past decade, a combinatorial framework for discrete, finite, and irreversibly aggregating systems has emerged. This work reviews its progress, practical applications, and limitations. We outline the approach's assumptions and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-01-06 Michał Łepek , Agata Fronczak , Piotr Fronczak

We consider a three dimensional system consisting of a large number of small spherical particles, distributed in a range of sizes and heights (with uniform distribution in the horizontal direction). Particles move vertically at a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-12-05 P. Horvai , S. V. Nazarenko , T. H. M. Stein

A hierarchical system of equations is introduced to describe dynamics of `sizes' of infinite clusters which coagulate and fragmentate with homogeneous rates of certain form. We prove that this system of equations is solved weakly by…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-09-03 Kenji Handa

It is well known that using high-order numerical algorithms to solve fractional differential equations leads to almost the same computational cost with low-order ones but the accuracy (or convergence order) is greatly improved, due to the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-05-25 Hengfei Ding , Changpin Li

A Smolyak algorithm adapted to system-bath separation is proposed for rigorous quantum simulations. This technique combines a sparse grid method with the system-bath concept in a specific configuration without limitations on the form of the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2022-05-20 Ahai Chen , David M. Benoit , Yohann Scribano , André Nauts , David Lauvergnat

In this paper, two new stochastic algorithms for calculating parametric derivatives of the solution to the Smoluchowski coagulation equation are presented. It is assumed that the coagulation kernel is dependent on these parameters. The new…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-09-08 Peter L. W. Man , James R. Norris , Ismael F. Bailleul , Markus Kraft

In this paper we study the fundamental solution of the equation obtained by the linearisation of the Smoluchowski coagulation equation with the multiplicative kernel $(x y)^{\lambda/2}$ with $\lambda\in (1, 2)$ around the steady state…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-09 M. Escobedo , J. J. L. Velazquez

The Smoluchowski coagulation equation (SCE) is a population balance model that describes the time evolution of cluster size distributions resulting from particle aggregation. Although it is formally a mass-conserving system, solutions may…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-06-11 Masato Kimura , Hisanori Miyata

Temperature-dependent Smoluchowski equations describe the ballistic agglomeration. In contrast to the standard Smoluchowski equations for the evolution of cluster densities with constant rate coefficients, the temperature-dependent…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-10-11 A. I. Osinsky , N. V. Brilliantov

The paper outlines an exact combinatorial approach to finite coagulating systems. In this approach, cluster sizes and time are discrete, and the binary aggregation alone governs the time evolution of the systems. By considering the growth…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-02-21 Agata Fronczak , Anna Chmiel , Piotr Fronczak