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In this work, we consider self-similar profiles for Smoluchowski's coagulation equation for kernels which are possibly unbounded perturbations of the constant one. For this model, we show that the self-similar solutions for the perturbed…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-02-27 Sebastian Throm

We prove that instantaneous gelation (i.e., instantaneous loss of mass) occurs for coagulation equations with sum-type kernels of homogeneity greater than one which vanish on the diagonal. Our proof includes solutions that are Radon…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-06-16 Iulia Cristian , Barbara Niethammer , Juan J. L. Velázquez

A notion of measure solution is formulated for a coagulation-diffusion equation, which is the natural counterpart of Smoluchowski's coagulation equation in a spatially inhomogeneous setting. Some general properties of such solutions are…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-08-25 James Norris

Sufficient conditions are given for existence and uniqueness in Smoluchowski's coagulation equation, for a wide class of coagulation kernels and initial mass distributions. An example of non-uniqueness is constructed. The stochastic…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 James R. Norris

In this paper we construct classical solutions of a family of coagulation equations with homogeneous kernels that exhibit the behaviour known as gelation. This behaviour consists in the loss of mass due to the fact that some of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-09-16 M. Escobedo , J. J. L. Velázquez

In this article we prove the existence of solutions to the coagulation equation with singular kernels. We use weighted L^1-spaces to deal with the singularities in order to obtain regular solutions. The Smoluchowski kernel is covered by our…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-01-22 Carlos Cueto Camejo , Robin Gröpler , Gerald Warnecke

This article is concerned with the question of uniqueness of self-similar profiles for Smoluchowski's coagulation equation which exhibit algebraic decay (fat tails) at infinity. More precisely, we consider a rate kernel $K$ which can be…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-04-07 Sebastian Throm

We consider the approach to self-similarity (or dynamical scaling) in Smoluchowski's equations of coagulation for the solvable kernels $K(x,y)=2$, $x+y$ and $xy$. In addition to the known self-similar solutions with exponential tails, there…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2007-05-23 Govind Menon , Robert L. Pego

In this paper we show how the method of Zakharov transformations may be used to analyze the stationary solutions of the Smoluchowski aggregation equation for arbitrary homogeneous kernel. The resulting massdistributions are of Kolmogorov…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 Colm Connaughton , R. Rajesh , Oleg Zaboronski

We establish nearly optimal rates of convergence to self-similar solutions of Smoluchowski's coagulation equation with kernels $K = 2$, $x + y$, and $xy$. The method is a simple analogue of the Berry-Ess\'een theorem in classical…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2011-04-26 Ravi Srinivasan

We study a spatially inhomogeneous coagulation model that contains a transport term in the spatial variable. The transport term models the vertical motion of particles due to gravity, thereby incorporating their fall into the dynamics.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-07 Iulia Cristian , Juan J. L. Velázquez

We discuss the long-time behaviour of solutions to Smoluchowski's coagulation equation with kernels of homogeneity one, combining formal asymptotics, heuristic arguments based on linearization, and numerical simulations. The case of what we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-03-13 Michael Herrmann , Barbara Niethammer , Juan J. L. Velázquez

In this article we prove the existence of solutions to the singular coagulation equation with multifragmentation. We use weighted $L^1$-spaces to deal with the singularities and to obtain regular solutions. The Smoluchowski kernel is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-10-30 Carlos Cueto Camejo , Gerald Warnecke

Binary coagulation is an important process in aerosol dynamics by which two particles merge to form a larger one. The distribution of particle sizes over time may be described by the so-called Smoluchowski's coagulation equation. This…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-06-25 Marina A. Ferreira

We consider mass-conserving self-similar solutions for Smoluchowski's coagulation equation with kernel $K(\xi,\eta)= (\xi \eta)^{\lambda}$ with $\lambda \in (0,1/2)$. It is known that such self-similar solutions $g(x)$ satisfy that…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-05-27 J. B. McLeod , B. Niethammer , J. J. L. Velázquez

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

We introduce an extended Smoluchowski equation describing coagulation processes for which clusters of mass s grow between collisions with $ds/dt=As^\beta$. A physical example, dropwise condensation is provided, and its collision kernel K is…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-30 Stephane Cueille , Clement Sire

We study the solutions of the Smoluchowski coagulation equation with a regularisation term which removes clusters from the system when their mass exceeds a specified cut-off size, M. We focus primarily on collision kernels which would…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-05-29 Robin C. Ball , Colm Connaughton , Thorwald H. M. Stein , Oleg Zaboronski

Global weak solutions to the continuous Smoluchowski coagulation equation (SCE) are constructed for coagulation kernels featuring an algebraic singularity for small volumes and growing linearly for large volumes, thereby extending previous…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-04-04 Prasanta Kumar Barik , Ankik Kumar Giri , Philippe Laurençot

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