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The adiabatic thermal explosion in a small system: Comparison of the stochastic approach with the molecular dynamics simulation

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A new model of the adiabatic thermal explosion with biomolecular reactionX+X⇄A+A is proposed. The parameters of reaction are chosen such that the stochastic description predicts a transient bimodality of behavior. For the same system the nondeterministic character of the time evolution is confirmed by a molecular dynamics simulation.

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    Present address: Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, PL-01-224, Warsaw, Poland

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  1. International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy

    J. Gorecki

  2. Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, PL-01-224, Warsaw, Poland

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Gorecki, J., Gryko, J. The adiabatic thermal explosion in a small system: Comparison of the stochastic approach with the molecular dynamics simulation. J Stat Phys 48, 329–342 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01010412

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