Kinetics of self-induced aggregation in Brownian particles

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We study a model of interacting random walkers that proposes a simple mechanism for the emergence of cooperation in group of individuals. Each individual, represented by a Brownian particle, experiences an interaction produced by the local unbalance in the spatial distribution of the other individuals. This interaction results in a nonlinear velocity driving the particle trajectories in the direction of the nearest more crowded regions; the competition among different aggregating centers generates nontrivial dynamical regimes. Our simulations show that for sufficiently low randomness, the system evolves through a coalescence behavior characterized by clusters of particles growing with a power law in time. In addition, the typical scaling properties of the general theory of stochastic aggregation processes are verified.
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Statistical Mechanics

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/125824

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https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0703438
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