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A universal dimensionality function for the fractal dimensions of Laplacian growth
Laplacian growth, associated to the diffusion-limited aggregation (DLA) model or the more general dielectric-breakdown model (DBM), is a fundamental out-of-equilibrium process that generates structures with characteristic fractal/non-fractal morphologies. However, despite diverse numerical and theor...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6362037/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30718754 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-38084-3 |
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author | Nicolás-Carlock, J. R. Carrillo-Estrada, J. L. |
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description | Laplacian growth, associated to the diffusion-limited aggregation (DLA) model or the more general dielectric-breakdown model (DBM), is a fundamental out-of-equilibrium process that generates structures with characteristic fractal/non-fractal morphologies. However, despite diverse numerical and theoretical attempts, a data-consistent description of the fractal dimensions of the mass-distributions of these structures has been missing. Here, an analytical model of the fractal dimensions of the DBM and DLA is provided by means of a recently introduced dimensionality equation for the scaling of clusters undergoing a continuous morphological transition. Particularly, this equation relies on an effective information-function dependent on the Euclidean dimension of the embedding-space and the control parameter of the system. Numerical and theoretical approaches are used in order to determine this information-function for both DLA and DBM. In the latter, a connection to the Rényi entropies and generalized dimensions of the cluster is made, showing that DLA could be considered as the point of maximum information-entropy production along the DBM transition. The results are in good agreement with previous theoretical and numerical estimates for two- and three-dimensional DBM, and high-dimensional DLA. Notably, the DBM dimensions conform to a universal description independently of the initial cluster-configuration and the embedding-space. |
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spelling | pubmed-63620372019-02-06 A universal dimensionality function for the fractal dimensions of Laplacian growth Nicolás-Carlock, J. R. Carrillo-Estrada, J. L. Sci Rep Article Laplacian growth, associated to the diffusion-limited aggregation (DLA) model or the more general dielectric-breakdown model (DBM), is a fundamental out-of-equilibrium process that generates structures with characteristic fractal/non-fractal morphologies. However, despite diverse numerical and theoretical attempts, a data-consistent description of the fractal dimensions of the mass-distributions of these structures has been missing. Here, an analytical model of the fractal dimensions of the DBM and DLA is provided by means of a recently introduced dimensionality equation for the scaling of clusters undergoing a continuous morphological transition. Particularly, this equation relies on an effective information-function dependent on the Euclidean dimension of the embedding-space and the control parameter of the system. Numerical and theoretical approaches are used in order to determine this information-function for both DLA and DBM. In the latter, a connection to the Rényi entropies and generalized dimensions of the cluster is made, showing that DLA could be considered as the point of maximum information-entropy production along the DBM transition. The results are in good agreement with previous theoretical and numerical estimates for two- and three-dimensional DBM, and high-dimensional DLA. Notably, the DBM dimensions conform to a universal description independently of the initial cluster-configuration and the embedding-space. Nature Publishing Group UK 2019-02-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6362037/ /pubmed/30718754 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-38084-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Nicolás-Carlock, J. R. Carrillo-Estrada, J. L. A universal dimensionality function for the fractal dimensions of Laplacian growth |
title | A universal dimensionality function for the fractal dimensions of Laplacian growth |
title_full | A universal dimensionality function for the fractal dimensions of Laplacian growth |
title_fullStr | A universal dimensionality function for the fractal dimensions of Laplacian growth |
title_full_unstemmed | A universal dimensionality function for the fractal dimensions of Laplacian growth |
title_short | A universal dimensionality function for the fractal dimensions of Laplacian growth |
title_sort | universal dimensionality function for the fractal dimensions of laplacian growth |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6362037/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30718754 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-38084-3 |
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