TY - JOUR
T1 - Exact enumeration method for diffusion-limited aggregation
AU - Havlin, S.
AU - Trus, B. L.
PY - 1988
Y1 - 1988
N2 - The authors present a new method for growing and analysing diffusion-limited aggregates (DLA). The method is based on the exact enumeration approach which enables one to calculate exactly the probability density of a random walker starting from an outer circle (at r=r1). The method yields the exact growth probabilities, pi, of the perimeter sites, i, for a given configuration as a function of time. The authors study the histogram, n(p), i.e. the number of perimeter sites having growth probability p, as a function of time, for several different boundary conditions. Their results suggest that the fluctuations in the survival times of the particle are very small compared with the large fluctuations in the growth probabilities. They find that at times of the order of r12 all growth probabilities are essentially converged. Very long survival particles have only a negligible effect on the histogram n(p) and thus on the DLA structure.
AB - The authors present a new method for growing and analysing diffusion-limited aggregates (DLA). The method is based on the exact enumeration approach which enables one to calculate exactly the probability density of a random walker starting from an outer circle (at r=r1). The method yields the exact growth probabilities, pi, of the perimeter sites, i, for a given configuration as a function of time. The authors study the histogram, n(p), i.e. the number of perimeter sites having growth probability p, as a function of time, for several different boundary conditions. Their results suggest that the fluctuations in the survival times of the particle are very small compared with the large fluctuations in the growth probabilities. They find that at times of the order of r12 all growth probabilities are essentially converged. Very long survival particles have only a negligible effect on the histogram n(p) and thus on the DLA structure.
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U2 - 10.1088/0305-4470/21/14/004
DO - 10.1088/0305-4470/21/14/004
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AN - SCOPUS:36149033202
SN - 0305-4470
VL - 21
SP - L731-L735
JO - Journal of Physics A: General Physics
JF - Journal of Physics A: General Physics
IS - 14
M1 - 004
ER -