The spread of a rumor or infection in a moving population (Q2368843)

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The spread of a rumor or infection in a moving population
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    28 April 2006
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    The authors study a particle system with two types of particles: \(A\)-particles perform independently continuous time simple random walk with rate \(D_A\). \(B\)-particles perform simple random walk with rate \(D_B\). Initally there is a Poisson process of \(A\)-particles and finitely many \(B\)-particles. \(A\)- and \(B\)-particles interact in that if an \(A\)-particle meets a \(B\)-particle, the former is transformed into a \(B\)-particle instantly. \(B\)-particles are considered to model a rumor or an infection. The authors show that if the diffusion constants coincide, the \(B\)-particles invade by time \(t\) cubes of sidelength of order \(t\). A slightly weaker result is shown in the general case.
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    spread of infection
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    random walks
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    interacting particle systems
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    large deviations
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