Segregation in diffusion-limited multispecies pair annihilation

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DOI10.1088/0305-4470/37/28/001zbMATH Open1064.82031arXivcond-mat/0403246OpenAlexW4299564865MaRDI QIDQ3157397FDOQ3157397


Authors: O. Deloubrière, M. J. Washenberger, Uwe C. Täuber, H. J. Hilhorst Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 19 January 2005

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The kinetics of the q species pair annihilation reaction (A_i + A_j -> 0 for 1 <= i < j <= q) in d dimensions is studied by means of analytical considerations and Monte Carlo simulations. In the long-time regime the total particle density decays as rho(t) ~ t^{- alpha}. For d = 1 the system segregates into single species domains, yielding a different value of alpha for each q; for a simplified version of the model in one dimension we derive alpha(q) = (q-1) / (2q). Within mean-field theory, applicable in d >= 2, segregation occurs only for q < 1 + (4/d). The only physical realisation of this scenario is the two-species process (q = 2) in d = 2 and d = 3, governed by an extra local conservation law. For d >= 2 and q >= 1 + (4/d) the system remains disordered and its density is shown to decay universally with the mean-field power law (alpha = 1) that also characterises the single-species annihilation process A + A -> 0.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0403246




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