Scaling laws in the diffusion limited aggregation of persistent random walkers

Isadora R. Nogueira, Sidiney G. Alves and Silvio C. Ferreira

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2011, vol. 390, issue 23, 4087-4094

Abstract: We investigate the diffusion limited aggregation of particles executing persistent random walks. The scaling properties of both random walks and large aggregates are presented. The aggregates exhibit a crossover between ballistic and diffusion limited aggregation models. A non-trivial scaling relation ξ∼ℓ1.25 between the characteristic size ξ, in which the cluster undergoes a morphological transition, and the persistence length ℓ, between ballistic and diffusive regimes of the random walk, is observed.

Keywords: Diffusion limited aggregation; Random walks; Fractals; Scaling laws (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2011.06.077

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