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We propose an efficient and fast numerical algorithm of finding a \emph{stationary} solution of large systems of aggregation-fragmentation equations of Smoluchowski type for concentrations of reacting particles. This method is applicable…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-04-13 Vladimir Stadnichuk , Anna Bodrova , Nikolai Brilliantov

We study a discrete model of coagulation, involving a large number $N$ of particles. Pairs of particles are given i.i.d exponential clocks with parameter $1/N$. When a clock rings, a link between the corresponding pair of particles is…

Probability · Mathematics 2015-01-14 Mathieu Merle , Raoul Normand

We derive a satisfying rate of convergence of the Marcus-Lushnikov process toward the solution to Smoluchowski's coagulation equation. Our result applies to a class of homogeneous-like coagulation kernels with homogeneity degree ranging in…

Probability · Mathematics 2011-03-10 Eduardo Cepeda , Nicolas Fournier

We consider self-similar solutions with finite mass to Smoluchowski's coagulation equation for rate kernels that have homogeneity zero but are possibly singular such as Smoluchowski's original kernel. We prove pointwise exponential decay of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-10-18 Barbara Niethammer , Juan J. L. Velazquez

We consider a random model of diffusion and coagulation. A large number of small particles are randomly scattered at an initial time. Each particle has some integer mass and moves in a Brownian motion whose diffusion rate is determined by…

Probability · Mathematics 2012-08-21 Alan Hammond , Fraydoun Rezakhanlou

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 consider coagulation equations of Smoluchowski or Flory type where the total merge rate has a bilinear form $\pi(y)\cdot A\pi(x)$ for a vector of conserved quantities $\pi$, generalising the multiplicative kernel. For these kernels, a…

Probability · Mathematics 2019-10-16 Daniel Heydecker , Robert I. A. Patterson

We consider self-similar solutions to Smoluchowski's coagulation equation for kernels $K=K(x,y)$ that are homogeneous of degree zero and close to constant in the sense that \[ -\eps \leq K(x,y)-2 \leq \eps…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-17 B. Niethammer , J. J. L. Velázquez

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

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 equation for irreversible aggregation in suspensions of equally charged particles is studied. Accumulation of charges during the aggregation process leads to a crossover from power law to sub-logarithmic cluster growth at a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Stephan M. Dammer , Dietrich E. Wolf

We study coagulation equations under non-equilibrium conditions which are induced by the addition of a source term for small cluster sizes. We consider both discrete and continuous coagulation equations, and allow for a large class of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-09-28 Marina A. Ferreira , Jani Lukkarinen , Alessia Nota , Juan J. L. Velázquez

A system of stochastic differential equations describing diffusive phenomena, which has arbitrary friction depending on both state and distribution is investigated. The Smoluchowski-Kramers approximation is seen to describe dynamics in the…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-06-27 Xueru Liu , Qianqian Jiang , Wei Wang

Porosity evolution of dust aggregates is crucial in understanding dust evolution in protoplanetary disks. In this study, we present useful tools to study the coagulation and porosity evolution of dust aggregates. First, we present a new…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Satoshi Okuzumi , Hidekazu Tanaka , Masa-aki Sakagami

In this paper, we establish smoothness of moments of the solutions of discrete coagulation-diffusion systems. As key assumptions, we suppose that the coagulation coefficients grow at most sub-linearly and that the diffusion coefficients…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-11-19 Maxime Breden , Laurent Desvillettes , Klemens Fellner

Coagulation-fragmentation processes describe the stochastic association and dissociation of particles in clusters. Cluster dynamics with cluster-cluster interactions for a finite number of particles has recently attracted attention…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-11-22 Nathanael Hoze , David Holcman

Using molecular dynamics simulations, the kinetics of bundle formation for stiff polyelectrolytes such as actin is studied in the solution of multivalent salt. The dominant kinetic mode of aggregation is found to be the case of one end of…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-10-06 Hossein Fazli , Ramin Golestanian

A Smoluchowski type model of coagulation in a turbulent fluid is given, first expressed by means of a stochastic model, then in a suitable scaling limit as a deterministic model with enhanced diffusion in the velocity component. A precise…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-03-15 Franco Flandoli , Ruojun Huang , Andrea Papini

In this article we correct the proof of a uniqueness result for self-similar solutions to Smoluchowski's coagulation equation for kernels $K=K(x,y)$ that are homogeneous of degree zero and close to constant in the sense that…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-06-28 Barbara Niethammer , Sebastian Throm , Juan J. L. Velázquez

We study an infinite system of ordinary differential equations that models the evolution of coagulating and fragmenting clusters, which we assume to be composed of identical units. Under very mild assumptions on the coefficients we prove…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-19 Lyndsay Kerr , Matthias Langer