Self-similar Singularities in the Kinetics of Condensation

Author: Josserand Christophe   Pomeau Yves   Rica Sergio  

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

ISSN: 0022-2291

Source: Journal of Low Temperature Physics, Vol.145, Iss.1-4, 2006-11, pp. : 231-265

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Abstract

In this article, we review how a condensate builds-up in finite time, by a self-similar blow-up of the solution of three different models of kinetic equations. After the blow-up time, the growth of the coherent phase is described by equations coupling the energy distribution for the normal gas and the condensate.