Atomic number (A) and energy ( √ s) scaling exponents of multiplicity and transverse energy in heavy ion collisions are analytically derived in the perturbative QCD + saturation model. The exponents depend on the small-x behaviour of gluon distribution functions at an x-dependent scale. The relation between initial state and final state saturation is also discussed. [email protected] keij...

The field theoretic renormalization group (RG) is applied to the problem of a passive scalar advected by the Gaussian self-similar velocity field with finite correlation time and in the presence of an imposed linear mean gradient. The energy spectrum in the inertial range has the form E(k) proportional to (1-epsilon), and the correlation time at the wave number k scales as k(-2+eta). It is show...

Vegetation is an important part of terrestrial ecosystems. Although vegetation dynamics have explicit spatial and temporal dimensions, the study of the temporal process is in its infancy. Evaluation of temporal scaling behavior could provide a unique perspective for exploring the temporal nature of vegetation dynamics. In this study, the Global Inventory Modeling and Mapping Studies (GIMMS) Nor...

Euclidean invariant Klein-Gordon, Dirac and massive Chern-Simons field theories are constructed in terms of a random walk with a spin factor on a three dimensional lattice. We exactly calculate the free energy and the correlation functions which allow us to obtain the critical diffusion constant and associated critical exponents. It is pointed out that these critical exponents do not satisfy th...

High resolution simulations within the GOY shell model are used to study various scaling relations for turbulence. A power-law relation between the second-order intermittency correction and the crossover from the inertial to the dissipation range is confirmed. Evidence is found for the intermediate viscous dissipation range proposed by Frisch and Vergassola. It is emphasized that insufficient d...

The nondeterministic Kuramoto-Sivashinsky ~KS! equation is solved numerically in 211 dimensions. The simulations reveal the presence of early and late scaling regimes. The initial-time values for the growth exponent b, the roughness exponent a, and the dynamic exponent z are found to be 0.22–0.25, 0.75–0.80, and 3.0–4.0, respectively. For long times, the scaling exponents are notably less than ...

We present a method for the derivation of the generating function and computation of critical exponents for several cluster models (staircase, bar-graph, and directed columnconvex polygons, as well as partially directed self-avoiding walks), starting with nonlinear functional equations for the generating function. By linearising these equations, we first give a derivation of the generating func...

We demonstrate the nontrivial scaling behavior of Ising models defined on (i) a donut-shaped surface and (ii) a curved surface with a constant negative curvature. By performing Monte Carlo simulations, we find that the former model has two distinct critical temperatures at which both the specific heat C(T) and magnetic susceptibility χ(T) show sharp peaks. The critical exponents associated with...

A significant concern about Metabolic Scaling Theory (MST) in real forests relates to consistent differences between the values of power law scaling exponents of tree primary size measures used to estimate mass and those predicted by MST. Here we consider why observed scaling exponents for diameter and height relationships deviate from MST predictions across three semi-arid conifer forests in r...

We compiled a global database for leaf, stem and root biomass representing c. 11 000 records for c. 1200 herbaceous and woody species grown under either controlled or field conditions. We used this data set to analyse allometric relationships and fractional biomass distribution to leaves, stems and roots. We tested whether allometric scaling exponents are generally constant across plant sizes a...