Field theory of absorbing phase transitions with a nondiffusive conserved field
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Originally published in Physical Review E, v.62 no.5 (2000), pp.R5875-R5878. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.62.R5875. Dr. Vespignani is affiliated with Northeastern University as of the time of deposit.
Abstract
We investigate the critical behavior of a reaction-diffusion system exhibiting a continuous absorbing-state phase transition. The reaction-diffusion system strictly conserves the total density of particles, represented as a nondiffusive conserved field, and allows an infinite number of absorbing configurations. Numerical results show that it belongs to a wide universality class that also includes stochastic sandpile models. We derive microscopically the field theory representing this universality class.
Suggested Citation
R Pastor-Satorras and A Vespignani. "Field theory of absorbing phase transitions with a nondiffusive conserved field" Physics Faculty Publications (2000).
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