Probabilistic Fragmentation and Effective Power Law
Condensed Matter
2009-10-28 v1
Abstract
A simple fragmentation model is introduced and analysed. We show that, under very general conditions, an effective power law for the mass distribution arises with realistic exponent. This exponent has a universal limit, but in practice the effective exponent depends on the detailed breaking mechanism and the initial conditions. This dependence is in good agreement with experimental results of fragmentation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9606149,
title = {Probabilistic Fragmentation and Effective Power Law},
author = {M. Marsili and Y. -C. Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9606149},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages Revtex, 2 figures, zipped and uuencoded