Condensation phenomena of conserved-mass aggregation model on weighted complex networks

TL;DR

This paper studies how mass condensation occurs on weighted complex networks, revealing a critical parameter that determines whether condensation transitions resemble those on regular lattices or occur universally.

Contribution

It analytically derives the critical weight exponent for condensation transition on weighted scale-free networks and characterizes the stationary distribution and mass scaling behavior.

Findings

Existence of a critical alpha_c depending on degree exponent gamma

Condensation occurs for all densities when alpha >= alpha_c

Stationary distribution scales as k^{alpha+1-gamma}

Abstract

We investigate the condensation phase transitions of conserved-mass aggregation (CA) model on weighted scale-free networks (WSFNs). In WSFNs, the weight $w_{ij}$ is assigned to the link between the nodes $i$ and $j$. We consider the symmetric weight given as $w_{ij}=(k_i k_j)^\alpha$. In CA model, the mass $m_i$ on the randomly chosen node $i$ diffuses to a linked neighbor of $i$,$j$, with the rate $T_{ji}$ or an unit mass chips off from the node $i$ to $j$ with the rate $\omega T_{ji}$. The hopping probability $T_{ji}$ is given as $T_{ji}= w_{ji}/\sum_{<l>} w_{li}$, where the sum runs over the linked neighbors of the node $i$. On the WSFNs, we numerically show that a certain critical $\alpha_c$ exists below which CA model undergoes the same type of the condensation transitions as those of CA model on regular lattices. However for $\alpha \geq \alpha_c$, the condensation always occurs for any density $\rho$ and $\omega$. We analytically find $\alpha_c = (\gamma-3)/2$ on the WSFN with the degree exponent $\gamma$. To obtain $\alpha_c$, we analytically derive the scaling behavior of the stationary distribution $P^{\infty}_k$ of finding a walker at nodes with degree $k$, and the probability $D(k)$ of finding two walkers simultaneously at the same node with degree $k$. We find $P^{\infty}_k \sim k^{\alpha+1-\gamma}$ and $D(k) \sim k^{2(\alpha+1)-\gamma}$ respectively. With $P^{\infty}_k$, we also show analytically and numerically that the average mass $m(k)$ on a node with degree $k$ scales as $k^{\alpha+1}$ without any jumps at the maximal degree of the network for any $\rho$ as in the SFNs with $\alpha=0$.