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We show the existence of a self-similar solution for a modified Boltzmann equation describing probabilistic ballistic annihilation. Such a model describes a system of hard-spheres such that, whenever two particles meet, they either…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-10-13 Véronique Bagland , Bertrand Lods

Coalescing ballistic annihilation is an interacting particle system intended to model features of certain chemical reactions. Particles are placed with independent and identically distributed spacings on the real line and begin moving with…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-09-21 Darío Cruzado Padró , Matthew Junge , Lily Reeves

The reaction process $A+B->C$ is modelled for ballistic reactants on an infinite line with particle velocities $v_A=c$ and $v_B=-c$ and initially segregated conditions, i.e. all A particles to the left and all B particles to the right of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-08-31 M. J. E. Richardson

The problem of ballistic annihilation for a spatially homogeneous system is revisited within Boltzmann's kinetic theory in two and three dimensions. Exact analytical results are derived for the time evolution of the particle density for…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 Francois Coppex , Michel Droz , Jaroslaw Piasecki , Emmanuel Trizac , Peter Wittwer

The problem of detecting the presence of a signal that can lead to a disaster is studied. A decision-maker collects data sequentially over time. At some point in time, called the change point, the distribution of data changes. This change…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-07 Tim Brucks , Taposh Banerjee , Rahul Mishra

We consider the spatially homogeneous Boltzmann equation for ballistic annihilation in dimension d 2. Such model describes a system of ballistic hard spheres that, at the moment of interaction, either annihilate with probability $\alpha$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-04-23 Ricardo Alonso , Véronique Bagland , Bertrand Lods , V Eronique Bagland

In the recent trend of extending discrete-to-continuum limit passages for gradient flows of single-species particle systems with singular and nonlocal interactions to particles of opposite sign, any annihilation effect of particles with…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-01-01 Patrick van Meurs , Marco Morandotti

The kinetics of single-species annihilation, $A+A\to 0$, is investigated in which each particle has a fixed velocity which may be either $\pm v$ with equal probability, and a finite diffusivity. In one dimension, the interplay between…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 E. Ben-Naim , S. Redner , P. L. Krapivsky

Place an $A$-particle at each site of a graph independently with probability $p$ and otherwise place a $B$-particle. $A$- and $B$-particles perform independent continuous time random walks at rates $\lambda_A$ and $\lambda_B$, respectively,…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-08-02 Tobias Johnson , Matthew Junge , Hanbaek Lyu , David Sivakoff

Infinitely many particles of two types ("plus" and "minus") jump randomly along the one-dimensional lattice $\mathbf{Z}_{\varepsilon}=\varepsilon\mathbf{Z}$. Annihillations occur when two particles of different time occupy the same site.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-04-17 V. A. Malyshev , A. D. Manita

We study the simplest irreversible ballistically-controlled reaction, whereby particles having an initial continuous velocity distribution annihilate upon colliding. In the framework of the Boltzmann equation, expressions for the exponents…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 Emmanuel Trizac

We study an interacting system of competing particles on the real line. Two populations of positive and negative particles evolve according to branching Brownian motion. When opposing particles meet, their charges neutralize and the…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-11-18 Daniel Ahlberg , Omer Angel , Brett Kolesnik

We model the electrons/positrons produced by dark matter annihilations in the colliding galaxy cluster system 1E0657-56 (the bullet cluster). These charged particles, confined by the Magnetic field, clearly trace the path of the bullet,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-10-26 Xiao-Jun Bi , HongSheng Zhao

Three-velocity ballistic annihilation is an interacting system in which stationary, left-, and right-moving particles are placed at random throughout the real line and mutually annihilate upon colliding. We introduce a coalescing variant in…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-05-22 Luis Benitez , Matthew Junge , Hanbaek Lyu , Maximus Redman , Lily Reeves

This paper examines the details of an inelastic collision when a bullet shoots a block vertically upward from below. With the assumption of constant interaction force between them, we obtain quantities of interest including the displacement…

Classical Physics · Physics 2023-08-02 Zhiwei Chong

Ballistic annihilation kinetics for a multi-velocity one-dimensional ideal gas is studied in the framework of an exact analytic approach. For an initial symmetric three-velocity distribution, the problem can be solved exactly and it is…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 Michel Droz , Pierre-Antoine Rey , Laurent Frachebourg , Jarosław Piasecki

Two particles that are entangled with respect to continuous variables such as position and momentum exhibit a variety of nonclassical features. First, measurement of one particle projects the other particle into the state that is the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Seth Lloyd , Jeffrey H. Shapiro , N. C. Wong

When transported by a pressure driven flow in a cylindrical pipe, bubbles may exhibit very fast velocities. In this paper, we show that, when the bubbles are largely deformable, that is, at large capillary numbers Ca, the velocity of the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-01-07 Jean Cappello , Javier Rivero-Rodriguez , Benoit Scheid

We study the kinetics of ballistic annihilation for a one-dimensional ideal gas with continuous velocity distribution. A dynamical scaling theory for the long time behavior of the system is derived. Its validity is supported by extensive…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-30 Pierre-Antoine Rey , Michel Droz , Jaroslaw Piasecki

A system of particles hopping on a line, singly or as merged pairs, and annihilating in groups of three on encounters, is solved exactly for certain symmetrical initial conditions. The functional form of the density is nearly identical to…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2010-10-12 Vladimir Privman