The Becker–Döring Equations and the Lifshitz–Slyozov Theory of Coarsening

In this paper the relation between the kinetic set of Becker–Döring (BD) equations and the classical Lifshitz–Slyozov (LS) theory of coarsening is studied. A model that resembles the LS theory but keeps some of the nucleation effects is derived. For this model a solution is described that shows how the kinetic effects explain the particular solution selected in the LS theory. By means of a renormalization procedure, a discrete group of transformations is shown to play an important role in describing the structure of the solution near the critical size of the LS theory.