title: Multifractal analysis of the branch structure of diffusion-limited aggregates.
abstract: We examine the branch structure of radial diffusion-limited aggregation (DLA) clusters for evidence of multifractality. The lacunarity of DLA clusters is measured and the generalized dimensions D(q) of their mass distribution is estimated using the sandbox method. We find that the global n-fold symmetry of the aggregates can induce anomalous scaling behavior into these measurements. However, negating the effects of this symmetry, standard scaling is recovered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematical Physics, National University of Ireland Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland.
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Hanan
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Heffernan
mesh_terms: D003102:Colloids / Q000737:chemistry*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004058:Diffusion; D017709:Fractals; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015233:Models, Statistical
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids