The Redner - Ben-Avraham - Kahng cluster system

We consider a coagulation model first introduced by Redner, Ben-Avraham and Kahng in [11], the main feature of which is that the reaction between a j-cluster and a k-cluster results in the creation of a |j − k|-cluster, and not, as in Smoluchowski’s model, of a (j + k)-cluster. In this paper we prov...

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Main Author: Costa, Fernando Pestana da (author)
Other Authors: Pinto, João Teixeira (author), Sasportes, Rafael (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/2620
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorioaberto.uab.pt:10400.2/2620
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Summary:We consider a coagulation model first introduced by Redner, Ben-Avraham and Kahng in [11], the main feature of which is that the reaction between a j-cluster and a k-cluster results in the creation of a |j − k|-cluster, and not, as in Smoluchowski’s model, of a (j + k)-cluster. In this paper we prove existence and uniqueness of solutions under reasonably general conditions on the coagulation coefficients, and we also establish differenciability properties and continuous dependence of solutions. Some interesting invariance properties are also proved. Finally, we study the long-time behaviour of solutions, and also present a preliminary analysis of their scaling behaviour.