Ispolatov, S; Krapivsky, P.L - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 252 (1998) 1, pp. 165-172
We study statistical properties of a one-dimensional infinite system of interacting particles. Each particle moves with constant velocity towards its closest neighbor and particles coalesce upon collisions. We propose a mean-field theory that predicts a t−1 concentration decay, confirmed by...