Anomalously slow trapping of nonidentical interacting particles by random sinks

  • Armin Bunde
  • , Leo L. Moseley
  • , H. Eugene Stanley
  • , Daniel Ben-Avraham
  • , Shlomo Havlin

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Abstract

We find an anomalously slow trapping rate Q for trapping of nonidentical interacting particles in topologically linear systems with randomly distributed sinks which are selective for particles below a critical radius rS. The particles have an arbitrary size distribution and interact by a hard-core repulsion. Our quantitative result, Q∼exp(-At1/5), is general, and the amplitude A can be tuned since it depends on the concentration of the nontrappable particles.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2575-2578
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume34
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1986
Externally publishedYes

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