Dynamical transition in a model for dry foams

Abstract:

We propose a particular percolation model for the coalescence of 2-dimensional dry foams. Growth takes place by successive wall ruptures according to a probability proportional to the length of interface between two cells. We show that there exists a critical time tc where the systems undergo a phase transition. Analyses of the fluctuations of the order parameter and of Binder's cumulant suggest that this transition is first order. © 1999 The American Physical Society.

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1999

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