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A. I. Osinsky

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Anomalous aggregation regimes of temperature-dependent Smoluchowski equations

Temperature-dependent Smoluchowski equations describe the ballistic agglomeration. In contrast to the standard Smoluchowski equations for the evolution of cluster densities with constant rate coefficients, the temperature-dependent equations describe both -- the evolution of the densities as well as cluster temperatures, which determine the aggregation rates. To solve these equations, we develop a novel Monte Carlo technique based on the low-rank approximation for the aggregation kernel. Using this highly effective approach, we perform a comprehensive study of the phase diagram of the system and reveal a few surprising regimes, including permanent temperature growth and "density separation", with a large gap in the size distribution for middle-size clusters. We perform classification of the aggregation kernels for the temperature-dependent equations and conjecture the lack of gelation. The results of our scaling analysis agree well with the simulation data.

cond-mat.stat-mech

Direct simulation Monte Carlo for new regimes in aggregation-fragmentation kinetics

We revisit two basic Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Methods to model aggregation kinetics and extend them for aggregation processes with collisional fragmentation (shattering). We test the performance and accuracy of the extended methods and compare their performance with efficient deterministic finite-difference method applied to the same model. We validate the stochastic methods on the test problems and apply them to verify the existence of oscillating regimes in the aggregation-fragmentation kinetics recently detected in deterministic simulations. We confirm the emergence of steady oscillations of densities in such systems and prove the stability of the oscillations with respect to fluctuations and noise.

math.NA

The role of energy in ballistic agglomeration

We study a ballistic agglomeration process in the reaction-controlled limit. Cluster densities obey an infinite set of Smoluchowski rate equations, with rates dependent on the average particle energy. The latter is the same for all cluster species in the reaction-controlled limit and obeys an equation depending on densities. We express the average energy through the total cluster density that allows us to reduce the governing equations to the standard Smoluchowski equations. We derive basic asymptotic behaviors and verify them numerically. We also apply our formalism to the agglomeration of dark matter.

cond-mat.stat-mech