Exact solution of two-species ballistic annihilation with general pair-reaction probability

DOI10.1007/BF02765544zbMATH Open0945.82537arXivcond-mat/9705042MaRDI QIDQ1285138FDOQ1285138

Authors: Magnus J. E. Richardson 

Publication date: 10 October 2000

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: 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 the origin. Previous, models of ballistic annihilation have particles that always react on contact, i.e. pair-reaction probability $p=1$. The evolution of such systems are wholly determined by the initial distribution of particles and therefore do not have a stochastic dynamics. However, in this paper the generalisation is made to $p<1$, allowing particles to pass through each other without necessarily reacting. In this way, the A and B particle domains overlap to form a fluctuating, finite-sized reaction zone where the product C is created. Fluctuations are also included in the currents of A and B particles entering the overlap region, thereby inducing a stochastic motion of the reaction zone as a whole. These two types of fluctuations, in the reactions and particle currents, are characterised by the `intrinsic reaction rate', seen in a single system, and the `extrinsic reaction rate', seen in an average over many systems. The intrinsic and extrinsic behaviours are examined and compared to the case of isotropically diffusing reactants.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9705042

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zbMATH Keywords

ballistic annihilationexactly solved modelnonequilibrium statistical mechanicsreaction processreaction zone

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C31) Classical dynamic and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82C05) Transport processes in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C70)

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• Two-species diffusion-annihilation process on the fully-connected lattice: probability distributions and extreme value statistics
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