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Cluster-particle aggregation with fractal (Levy flight) particle trajectories

Paul Meakin
Phys. Rev. B 29, 3722(R) – Published 15 March 1984
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Abstract

The effects of particle trajectories on the structure of aggregates formed by cluster-particle aggregation have been explored by computer simulation. With the use of Levy-flight particle trajectories, clusters with a continuous range of effective dimensionalities between the limits of the Witten-Sander (D53 for d=2) and Vold-Sutherland models (D2.0 for d=2) can be generated. The effective dimensionality varies continuously with the exponent which describes the distribution of step lengths in the Levy-flight trajectory, but there does not seen to be a unique (1:1) relationship between the dimensionality of the trajectory and the dimensionality of the cluster.

  • Received 9 November 1983

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.29.3722

©1984 American Physical Society

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Paul Meakin

  • Central Research and Development Department, Experimental Station, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, Delaware 19898

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Vol. 29, Iss. 6 — 15 March 1984

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