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Probabilistic Fragmentation and Effective Power Law

M. Marsili, Y. -C. Zhang

cond-matarXiv:cond-mat/9606149

Abstract

A simple fragmentation model is introduced and analysed. We show that, under very general conditions, an effective power law for the mass distribution arises with realistic exponent. This exponent has a universal limit, but in practice the effective exponent depends on the detailed breaking mechanism and the initial conditions. This dependence is in good agreement with experimental results of fragmentation.

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