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arxiv: cond-mat/0010451 · v1 · submitted 2000-10-27 · ❄️ cond-mat.stat-mech · cond-mat.dis-nn

Diffusion-Reorganized Aggregates: Attractors in Diffusion Processes?

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A process based on particle evaporation, diffusion and redeposition is applied iteratively to a two-dimensional object of arbitrary shape. The evolution spontaneously transforms the object morphology, converging to branched structures. Independently of initial geometry, the structures found after long time present fractal geometry with a fractal dimension around 1.75. The final morphology, which constantly evolves in time, can be considered as the dynamic attractor of this evaporation-diffusion-redeposition operator. The ensemble of these fractal shapes can be considered to be the {\em dynamical equilibrium} geometry of a diffusion controlled self-transformation process.

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