Cluster diffusion at the gelation point

Sune Norhoj Jespersen

Published 2002-05-16Version 1

We use molecular dynamics simulations to study a model of the gelation transition with a dynamic bond forming procedure. After establishing evidence for 3D percolation as the static universality class, we turn our attention to the dynamics of clusters at the gelation point, focusing in particular on the behavior of the diffusion constant D(s) as a function of cluster size s. We find a very clear power law behavior D(s)\sim s^{-k} with a non-trivial exponent k\approx 0.69.