Eli Ben-Naim

Publications by theme

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Granular Matter · Polymers · Surface Growth · Traffic Flow · Spin Systems · Coarsening · Reactions · Aggregation · Fragmentation · Adsorption · Random Walks · First Passage · Random Structures · Random Series · Infectious Diseases · Evolutionary Trees · Social Dynamics · Opinion Dynamics · Game Dynamics

Granular Matter

  • Non-equilibrium velocity distributions in sheared hard-sphere suspensions
    J. Harting, H.J. Herrmann, E. Ben-Naim
    Phys. Rev. Lett., submitted (2007) arxiv:0707.4356 LAUR 07-4688 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Singular Energy Distributions in Driven and Undriven Granular Media
    E. Ben-Naim and A. Zippelius
    J. Stat. Phys, in press (2007) arxiv:0704.1520 LAUR 07-2133 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Experimental Characterization of Vibrated Granular Rings
    Z.A. Daya, E. Ben-Naim, R. E. Ecke
    Eur. Jour. Phys. E, submitted (2006) . cond-mat/0603xxx LAUR 06-xxxx [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Alignment of Rods and Partition of Integers
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    Phys. Rev. E, in press (2005) cond-mat/0512192 LAUR 05-9225 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Granular Chains
    E. Ben-Naim, Z.A. Daya, R.E. Ecke
    Chaos 15, 041109 (2005) LAUR 05-4610 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Velocity Distributions of Granular Gases with Drag and with Long-Range Interactions
    K. Kohlstedt, A. Snezhkov, M.V. Sapozhnikov, I. S. Aranson, J. S. Olafsen, and E. Ben-Naim
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 068001 (2005) LAUR 04-7913 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Power-law velocity distributions in granular gases
    E. Ben-Naim, B. Machta, and J. Machta
    Phys. Rev. E 72, 021302 (2005). cond-mat/0504187 LAUR 05-1209 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Stationary States and Energy Cascades in Inelastic Gases
    E. Ben-Naim and J. Machta
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 138001 (2005) cond-mat/0411743 LAUR 04-7254 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Self-Similarity in Random Collision Processes
    D. ben-Avraham, E. Ben-Naim, K. Lindenberg, A. Rosas
    Phys. Rev. E 68, R050103 (2003)     .  cond-mat/0308175 LAUR-03-6023 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Exchange Driven Growth
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    Phys. Rev. E 68, 031104 (2003)  cond-mat/0305154 LAUR 03-3721 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • The Inelastic Maxwell Model
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky,
    Lecture Notes in Physics 624, 65 (2003). cond-mat/0301238 LAUR 03-0335 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Spontaneous spirals in vibrated granular chains
    R.E. Ecke, Z.A. Daya, M.K. Rivera, and E. Ben-Naim
    MRS Symp. Proceed. 759, 129 (2003). cond-mat/0212107 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Dynamics of Freely Cooling Granular Gases
    X. Nie, E. Ben-Naim, and S.Y. Chen
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 204301 (2002) cond-mat/0209412 LAUR 02-3947 [abs, src, ps, pdf
  • Impurity in a Maxwellian Unforced Granular Fluid
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    Eur. Phys. Jour. E 8, 507 (2002) cond-mat/0203099 LAUR 02-1304 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Scaling, Multiscaling, and Nontrivial Exponents in Inelastic Collision Processes
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    Phys. Rev. E, 66, 011309 (2002) cond-mat/0202332 LAUR-02-907 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Nontrivial Velocity Distributions in Inelastic Gases
    P. L. Krapivsky and E. Ben-Naim
    J. Phys. A 35, L147 (2002). cond-mat/0111044 LAUR-01-6305 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Entropic Tightening of Vibrated Chains
    M. B. Hastings, Z. A. Daya, E. Ben-Naim, and R.E. Ecke
    Phys. Rev. E 66, 025102 (2002) cond-mat/0110612 LAUR-01-6893 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Knots and Random Walks in Vibrated Granular Chains
    E. Ben-Naim, Z.A. Daya, P. Vorobieff, and R.E. Ecke
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1414 (2001) cond-mat/0012145 LAUR 00-3074 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Dynamics of Vibrated Granular Monolayers
    X. Nie, E. Ben-Naim, and S.Y. Chen
    Europhys. Lett. 51, 679 (2000) cond-mat/9910371 LAUR 99-6069 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Multiscaling in Inelastic Collisions
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    Phys. Rev. E 61, R5 (2000) cond-mat/9909176 LAUR 99-5579. [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Shock Like Dynamics of Inelastic Gases
    E. Ben-Naim, S.Y. Chen, G. D. Doolen, and S. Redner
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 4069 (1999) cond-mat/9909354 LAUR 99-4098 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Slow Relaxation in Granular Compaction
    E. Ben-Naim, J.B. Knight, E.R. Nowak, H.M. Jaeger, and S.R. Nagel,
    Physica D, 123, 380 (1998) cond-mat/9603150 LAUR 97-2604. [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Density Fluctuations in Vibrated Granular Materials
    E.R. Nowak, J.B.Knight, E.Ben-Naim, H.M.Jaeger, and S.R. Nagel
    Phys. Rev. E 57, 1971 (1998) LAUR 97-2445. [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Studies of Granular Compaction
    E.R. Nowak, J.B. Knight, M. Povinelli, H.M. Jaeger, S.R. Nagel, and E. Ben-Naim
    ``Powders and Grains 1997'' 377 (1997).
  • Towards Granular Hydrodynamics in Two-Dimensions
    E.L. Grossman, T. Zhou, and E. Ben-Naim
    Phys. Rev. E 55, 4200 (1997) cond-mat/9607165 LA-UR-96-4519. [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Collective Properties of Adsorption-Desorption Processes
    P.L. Krapivsky and E. Ben-Naim
    J. Chem. Phys.100, 6778 (1994) cond-mat/9310065 [abs, src, ps, pdf]

    Polymers
  • Kinetics of Ring Formation
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    Phys. Rev. E submitted (2011) arxiv:1102.xxxx LA-UR 11-01241 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Polymerization with Freezing
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    J. Phys. Cond. Mat. 17, S4249 (2005) cond-mat/0507313 LAUR 05-5140 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Spontaneous spirals in vibrated granular chains
    R.E. Ecke, Z.A. Daya, M.K. Rivera, and E. Ben-Naim
    MRS Symp. Proceed. 759, 129 (2003). cond-mat/0212107 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Entropic Tightening of Vibrated Chains
    M. B. Hastings, Z. A. Daya, E. Ben-Naim, and R.E. Ecke
    Phys. Rev. E 66, 025102 (2002) cond-mat/0110612 LAUR-01-6893 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Knots and Random Walks in Vibrated Granular Chains
    E. Ben-Naim, Z.A. Daya, P. Vorobieff, and R.E. Ecke
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1414 (2001) cond-mat/0012145 LAUR 00-3074 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Individual Entanglements in a Simulated Polymer Melt
    E. Ben-Naim, G.S. Grest, T.A. Witten, A.R.C. Baljon
    Phys. Rev. E 53, 1816 (1996) cond-mat/9509070 [abs, src, ps, pdf]

    Surface Growth
  • Mean Field Theory of Polynuclear Surface Growth
    E.Ben-Naim, A.R. Bishop, I. Daruke, and P.L.Krapivsky
    J. Phys. A 31, 5001 (1998) cond-mat/9711249 LAUR 97-4797 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Nucleation-and-Growth in One-Dimension
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    Phys. Rev. E 54, 3562 (1996) cond-mat/9603036 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Space Covering by Growing Rays
    P.L. Krapivsky and E. Ben-Naim
    J. Phys. A 29, 2959 (1996) cond-mat/9511032 [abs, src, ps, pdf]

    Spin Systems
  • Front Propagation in Flipping Processes
    T. Antal, D. ben-Avraham, E. Ben-Naim, and P.L. Krapivsky
    J. Phys. A, submitted (2008) arxiv:0808.0159 LAUR 08-04996 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Comment on ``Dynamic Scaling in the Spatial Distribution of Persistent Sites''
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    cond-mat/9901073 LAUR 99-744 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Domain Number Distribution in the Nonequilibrium Ising model
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    J. Stat. Phys., 93, 583 (1998) cond-mat/9803046 LAUR 97-2036 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Domain Statistics in Coarsening Systems
    P.L. Krapivsky and E. Ben-Naim
    Phys. Rev. E 56, 3788 (1997) cond-mat/9705155 LAUR 97-1925. [abs, src, ps, pdf]

    Coarsening
  • Exchange Driven Growth
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    Phys. Rev. E 68, 031104 (2003)  cond-mat/0305154 LAUR 03-3721 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Coarsening and Persistence in the Voter Model
    E. Ben-Naim, L. Frachebourg, and P.L. Krapivsky
    Phys. Rev. E 53, 3078 (1996) cond-mat/9511040 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Species Segregation in a Model of Interacting Populations
    L. Frachebourg, P.L. Krapivsky, and E. Ben-Naim,
    CPIP96 "Pattern formation in fluids & materials". Physica A 239, 437 (1997). [src, ps, pdf]
  • Spatial Organization in Cyclic Lotka-Volterra systems
    L. Frachebourg, P.L. Krapivsky, and E. Ben-Naim
    Phys. Rev. E 54, 6186 (1996) cond-mat/9606069 LA-UR-96-3085. [abs, src, ps, pdf]

    Reaction Kinetics
  • Finite Size Fluctuations in Interacting Particle Systems
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    Phys. Rev. E 69, 046113 (2004). cond-mat/0312509 LAUR 03-9298 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Two Scales in Asynchronous Ballistic Annihilation
    E. Ben-Naim, S. Redner, and P.L. Krapivsky
    J. Phys. A 29, L561 (1996) cond-mat/9604106 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Segregation in a One-Dimensional Model of Interacting Species
    L. Frachebourg, P.L. Krapivsky, and E. Ben-Naim
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 2125 (1996) [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Reaction Kinetics of Clustered Impurities
    E. Ben-Naim
    Phys. Rev. E 53, 1566 (1996) cond-mat/9412048 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Kinetics of Heterogeneous Single-Species Annihilation
    P.L. Krapivsky, E. Ben-Naim and S. Redner
    Phys. Rev. E 50, 2474 (1994) cond-mat/9406109 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Kinetics of Ballistically Controlled Reactions
    E. Ben-Naim, P.L. Krapivsky, F. Leyvraz and S. Redner
    J. Phys. Chem. 98, 7284 (1994).
  • Time-Series Expansion for Reaction Processes
    E. Ben-Naim and J. Zhuo,
    Phys. Rev. E. 48, 2603 (1993) [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Decay Kinetics of Ballistic Annihilation
    E. Ben-Naim, S. Redner and F. Leyvraz
    Phys.Rev. Lett. 70, 1890 (1993) [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Partial Absorption and ``Virtual'' Traps
    E. Ben-Naim, S. Redner and G.H. Weiss
    J. Stat. Phys. 71, 75 (1993) [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Inhomogeneous Two-Species Annihilation in the Steady State
    E. Ben-Naim and S. Redner
    J.Phys. A 25, L575 (1992) [abs, src, ps, pdf]

    Aggregation
  • Popularity-Driven Networking
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    EPL, submitted (2011) arxiv:1112.xxxx LA-UR 11-xxxxx [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Dynamics of Random Graphs with Bounded Degrees
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    J. Stat. Mech. P11008 (2011) arxiv:1110.1134 LA-UR 11-05652 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Kinetics of Ring Formation
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    Phys. Rev. E submitted (2011) arxiv:1102.xxxx LA-UR 11-01241 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
    Phase Transition with Non-Thermodynamic States in Reversible Polymerization
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    Phys. Rev. E, submitted (2007) arxiv:0803.2875 LAUR 08-xxxx [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Condensates in Driven Aggregation Processes
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    Phys. Rev. E, submitted (2006). cond-mat/0608519 LAUR 06-5683 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Polymerization with Freezing
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    J. Phys. Condensed Matter, submitted (2005). cond-mat/0507313 LAUR 05-5140 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Stochastic Aggregation: Scaling Properties
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    J. Phys. A 33 , 5477 (2000) cond-mat/0003391 LA-UR-00-1377 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Stochastic Aggregation: Rate Equations Approach
    P.L. Krapivsky and E. Ben-Naim
    J. Phys. A 33, 5465 (2000) cond-mat/0003390 LAUR 00-1376 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Aggregation with Multiple Conservation Laws
    P.L. Krapivsky and E. Ben-Naim
    Phys. Rev. E 53, 291 (1996) cond-mat/9506034 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Kinetics of Aggregation-Annihilation Processes
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    Phys. Rev. E 52, 6066 (1995) cond-mat/9507031 [abs, src, ps, pdf]

    Fragmenation
  • Stable Distributions in Stochastic Fragmentation
    P.L. Krapivsky, E. Ben-Naim, and I. Grosse
    J. Phys. A, 37, 3788 (2004). LAUR-01-5226. cond-mat/0108547 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Shattering Transitions in Collision-Induced Fragmentation
    P.L. Krapivsky and E. Ben-Naim
    Phys. Rev. E 68, 021102 (2003) cond-mat/0302525 LAUR-03-1767 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Fragmentation with a Steady Source
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    Phys. Lett. A 275, 48 (2000) cond-mat/0006456 LAUR 00-2973 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Scale Invariance and Lack of Self-Averaging in Fragmentation
    P.L. Krapivsky, I. Grosse, and E. Ben-Naim
    Phys. Rev. E, 61, R993 (2000) cond-mat/9910281 LAUR 99-5831. [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Multiscaling in Fragmentation
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    Physica D 107, 156 (1997). LA-UR-97-0504. [src, ps, pdf]
  • Comment on "Kinematic Scaling and Crossover to Scale Invariance in Martensite Growth"
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 3234 (1996) [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Multiscaling in Stochastic Fractals
    P.L. Krapivsky and E. Ben-Naim
    Phys. Lett. A, 196 168 (1994) [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Scaling and Multiscaling in Models of Fragmentation
    P.L. Krapivsky and E. Ben-Naim
    Phys. Rev. E 50, 3502 (1994) cond-mat/9407084 [abs, src, ps, pdf]

    Adsorption
  • On Irreversible Deposition on Disordered Substrates
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    J. Phys. A 27, 3575 (1994) [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Collective Properties of Adsorption-Desorption Processes
    P.L. Krapivsky and E. Ben-Naim
    J. Chem. Phys.100, 6778 (1994) cond-mat/9310065 [abs, src, ps, pdf]

    Traffic Flows
  • Kinetic Theory of Traffic Flows,
    E.Ben-Naim and P.L.Krapivsky,
    "Traffic and Granular Flow '01" page 155 (Springer, Berlin, 2003). cond-mat/0203524 LAUR 01-6925 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Maxwell Model of Traffic Flows
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    Phys. Rev. E 59, 88 (1999) cond-mat/9808162 LAUR 98-3749. [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Steady State Properties of Traffic Flows
    E.Ben-Naim and P.L.Krapivsky
    J. Phys. A, 31, 8073 (1998) LAUR 97-4796. [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Stationary Velocity Distributions in Traffic Flows
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    Phys. Rev. E 56, 6680 (1997) cond-mat/9708108 LAUR 97-3411. [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Kinetics of Clustering in Traffic Flows
    E. Ben-Naim, P.L. Krapivsky and S. Redner
    Phys. Rev. E 50, 822 (1994) cond-mat/9402054 [abs, src, ps, pdf]

    Random Walks
  • First Passage Properties of the Polya Urn Process
    Tibor Antal, E. Ben-Naim, and P.L. Krapivsky
    J. Stat. Mech., submitted (2010) arxiv:1005.xxxx LA-UR 10-xxxxx [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Winning Quick and Dirty: the Greedy Random Walk
    E. Ben-Naim and S. Redner
    J. Phys. A, 37, 11321 (2004) cond-mat/0409060 LAUR 04-6125 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Knots and Random Walks in Vibrated Granular Chains
    E. Ben-Naim, Z.A. Daya, P. Vorobieff, and R.E. Ecke
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1414 (2001) cond-mat/0012145 LAUR 00-3074 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Bimodal Diffusion in Power-Law Shear Flows
    E. Ben-Naim, S. Redner and D. ben-Avraham
    Phys.Rev. A. 45, 7207 (1992) [abs, src, ps, pdf].

    First Passage
  • First Passage in Conical Geometry and Ordering of Brownian Particles
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    First-Passage Phenomena and Their Applications, editors: R. Metzler, G. Oshanin, and S. Redner, (World Scientific, 2013).
    arxiv:1306.2990 LA-UR 13-24290 [abs, src, pdf]
  • Mixing of Diffusing Particles
    E. Ben-Naim
    Phys. Rev. E 82, 061103 (2010) arxiv:1010.2563 LA-UR 10-06629 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • First-Passage Exponents of Multiple Random Walks
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    J. Phys. A 43, 495008 (2010) arxiv:1009.0239 LA-UR 10-05764 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Kinetics of First Passage in a Cone
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    J. Phys. A 43, 495007 (2010) arxiv:1009.0238 LA-UR 10-05319 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • First Passage Properties of the Polya Urn Process
    Tibor Antal, E. Ben-Naim, and P.L. Krapivsky
    J. Stat. Mech. P07009\ (2010) arxiv:1005.0867 LA-UR 10-02935 [abs, src, ps, pdf]

    Records
  • Scaling Exponent for Incremental Records
    P.W. Miller and E. Ben-Naim
    J. Stat. Mech., submitted (2013). arxiv:1308.4180 LA-UR 13-26485 [abs, src, pdf]
  • Statistics of Superior Records
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    Phys. Rev. E, in press (2013). arxiv:1305.4227 LA-UR 13-23526 [abs, src, pdf]

    Random Structures
  • Popularity-Driven Networking
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    EPL, submitted (2011) arxiv:1112.xxxx LA-UR 11-xxxxx [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Dynamics of Random Graphs with Bounded Degrees
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    J. Stat. Mech. P11008 (2011) arxiv:1110.1134 LA-UR 11-05652 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Kinetics of Ring Formation
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    Phys. Rev. E submitted (2011) arxiv:1102.xxxx LA-UR 11-01241 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Random Ancestor Trees
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    J. Stat. Mech., submitted (2010) arxiv:1004.1690 LA-UR 10-02131 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Statistics of Partial Minima
    E. Ben-Naim, M. B. Hastings, and D. Izraelevitz
    J. Phys. A, submitted (2007) J. Phys. A 40, F1021 (2007) LAUR 07-6326 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Addition-Deletion Networks
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    J. Phys. A, submitted (2007) physics/0703636 LAUR 07-1762 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Polymerization with Freezing
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    J. Phys. Cond. Mat. 17, S4249 (2005) cond-mat/0507313 LAUR 05-5140 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Kinetic Theory of Random Graphs
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    AIP Proceedings, in press (2005). LAUR 05-1755 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Kinetic Theory of Random Graphs: from Paths to Cycles
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    cond-mat/0408620 LAUR 04-5678 [abs,src,ps, pdf]
  • Unicyclic Components in Random Graphs
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    J. Phys. A, 37, L189 (2004). cond-mat/0403453 LAUR 04-2303 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Extremal Properties of Random Structures
    E. Ben-Naim, P.L. Krapivsky, and S. Redner
    Lecture Notes in Physics, in press (2004). cond-mat/0311552 LAUR 03-8503 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Leadership Statistics in Random Structures
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L.Krapivsky
    Europhys. Lett., 65, 151 (2004) cond-mat/0307744 LAUR 03-4930 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Extremal Properties of Random Trees
    E. Ben-Naim, P.L. Krapivsky, and S.N Majumdar
    Phys. Rev. E 64, R035101 (2001) cond-mat/0105309 LAUR 01-2568 [abs, src, ps, pdf]

    Random Series
  • Weak Disorder in Fibonacci Sequences
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    J. Phys. A, submitted (2006) cond-mat/0603117 LAUR 06-1745 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Random Geometric Series
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    J. Phys. A, 37, 5949 (2004). cond-mat/0403157 LAUR 04-1587 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Growth and Structure of Stochastic Sequences
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    J. Phys. A 35, L557 (2002). IOP Select cond-mat/0208072 LAUR 02-5411 [abs, src, ps, pdf]

    Infectious Diseases
  • Size of Outbreaks Near the Epidemic Threshold
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    Phys. Rev. E 69, 050901 (2004). Biological Physics Research (May 15, 2004) q-bio/0402001 LAUR 04-1073 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Cluster Approximation for the Contact Process
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    J. Phys. A 27, L481 (1994) cond-mat/9403079 [abs, src, ps, pdf]

    Evolutionary Trees
  • First Passage Properties of the Polya Urn Process
    Tibor Antal, E. Ben-Naim, and P.L. Krapivsky
    J. Stat. Mech. P07009\ (2010) arxiv:1005.0867 LA-UR 10-02935 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Chronological Rank in Biological Evolution
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    J. Stat. Mech. L10002 (2005) q-bio.PE/0508023 LAUR 05-6077 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Genetic Correlations in Mutation Processes
    E. Ben-Naim and A.S. Lapedes
    Phys. Rev. E, 59, 7000 (1999) cond-mat/9808162 LAUR 98-5903. [abs, src, ps, pdf]

    Game Dynamics
  • Efficieny of Competitions
    E. Ben-Naim and N.W. Hengartner
    Phys. Rev. E 76, 026106 (2007) physics/0612217 LAUR 06-xxxx [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Scaling in Tournaments
    E. Ben-Naim, S. Redner, F. Vazquez
    EPL 77, 30005 (2007) cond-mat/0607664 LAUR 06-xxxx [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Parity and Predictability of Competitions
    E. Ben-Naim, F. Vazquez, S. Redner
    J. Quant. Anal. in Sports Vol 2: No. 4, Article 1 (2006) physics/0608007 LAUR 06-1407 [abs, src, ps, pdf, html]
  • Dynamics of Multi-Player Games
    E. Ben-Naim, B. Kahng, and J.S. Kim
    J. Stat. Mech. P07001 (2006) physics/0604226 LAUR 06-3148 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • On the Structure of Competitive Societies
    E. Ben-Naim, F. Vazquez, S. Redner
    Eur. Phys. Jour. B 26 531 (2006) physics/0512144 LAUR 05-8903 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • What is the Most Competitive Sport?
    E. Ben-Naim, F. Vazquez, S. Redner
    J. Korean Physics Society, in press (2006) physics/0512143 LAUR 05-9033 [abs, src, ps, pdf, html]
  • Parity and Ruin in a Stochastic Game
    E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky
    Eur. Phys. Jour. B 25, 239 (2002). LAUR-00-5106 nlin.AO/0108047 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Winning Quick and Dirty: the Greedy Random Walk
    E. Ben-Naim and S. Redner
    J. Phys. A, 37, 11321 (2004) cond-mat/0409060 LAUR 04-6125 [abs, src, ps, pdf]

    Social Dynamics
  • On the Structure of Competitive Societies
    E. Ben-Naim, F. Vazquez, S. Redner
    Eur. Phys. Jour. B, in press (2005) physics/0512144 LAUR 05-8903 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Dynamics of Social Diversity
    E. Ben-Naim and S.~Redner
    cond-mat/0503451 LAUR 05-1804 [abs, src, ps, pdf]

    Opinion Dynamics
  • Opinion dynamics: rise and fall of political parties
    E. Ben-Naim
    Europhys. Lett., submitted (2004). cond-mat/0411427 LAUR 04-8087 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Unity and Discord in opinion Dynamics
    E. Ben-Naim, P.L. Krapivsky, F. Vazquez, and S. Redner
    Physica A 330, 99 (2003). LAUR 03-2249 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Bifurcations and Patterns in Compromise Processes
    E. Ben-Naim, P.L. Krapivsky, and S. Redner
    Physica D 183 190 (2003) cond-mat/0212313 LAUR 03-0089 [abs, src, ps, pdf]
  • Coarsening and Persistence in the Voter Model
    E. Ben-Naim, L. Frachebourg, and P.L. Krapivsky
    Phys. Rev. E 53, 3078 (1996) cond-mat/9511040 [abs, src, ps, pdf]