THOMPSON'S METHOD APPLIED TO DIFFUSION LIMITED CHEMICAL REACTION A+B→0, WITH DIFFERENT INITIAL CONCENTRATIONS OF THE TWO SPECIES

2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (01) ◽  
pp. 33-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
CLÁUDIO NASSIF ◽  
P. R. SILVA

In this work we use Thompson's renormalization group method to treat diffusion limited chemical reactions A + B →0 (inert product), with unequal initial concentrations of the two species, by considering ρ A (0)≪ρ B (0). For d≤2, we obtain stretched exponential decaying of the specie A, which is in agreement with rigorous result of Bramson and Lebowitz. For d>2, we obtain simple exponential decaying of the specie A.

Author(s):  
Y. Meurice ◽  
R. Perry ◽  
S.-W. Tsai

The renormalization group (RG) method developed by Ken Wilson more than four decades ago has revolutionized the way we think about problems involving a broad range of energy scales such as phase transitions, turbulence, continuum limits and bifurcations in dynamical systems. The Theme Issue provides articles reviewing recent progress made using the RG method in atomic, condensed matter, nuclear and particle physics. In the following, we introduce these articles in a way that emphasizes common themes and the universal aspects of the method.


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