title: Cluster persistence in one-dimensional diffusion-limited cluster-cluster aggregation.
abstract: The persistence probability, P(C)(t), of a cluster to remain unaggregated is studied in cluster-cluster aggregation, when the diffusion coefficient of a cluster depends on its size s as D(s) approximately s(gamma). In the mean field the problem maps to the survival of three annihilating random walkers with time-dependent noise correlations. For gamma> or =0 the motion of persistent clusters becomes asymptotically irrelevant and the mean-field theory provides a correct description. For gamma<0 the spatial fluctuations remain relevant and the persistence probability is overestimated by the random walk theory. The decay of persistence determines the small size tail of the cluster size distribution. For 0<gamma<2 the distribution is flat and, surprisingly, independent of gamma.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Physics, Helsinki University of Technology, P. O. Box 1100, FIN-02150 HUT, Finland. ehe@fyslab.hut.fi
authors.forename: E K O
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Hellén
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Salmi
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Alava