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Structure factors and their distributions in driven two-species models
Physical Review E (1997)
  • G. Korniss, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • Beate Schmittmann, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Abstract

We study spatial correlations and structure factors in a three-state stochastic lattice gas, consisting of holes and two oppositely “charged” species of particles, subject to an “electric” field at zero total charge. The dynamics consists of two nearest-neighbor exchange processes, occurring on different times scales, namely, particle-hole and particle-particle exchanges. Using both Langevin equations and Monte Carlo simulations, we study the steady-state structure factors and correlation functions in the disordered phase, where density profiles are homogeneous. In contrast to equilibrium systems, the average structure factors here show a discontinuity singularity at the origin. The associated spatial correlation functions exhibit intricate crossovers between exponential decays and power laws of different kinds. The full probability distributions of the structure factors are universal asymmetric exponential distributions.

Publication Date
October 1, 1997
Publisher Statement
Copyright 1997 American Physical Society
Citation Information
G. Korniss and Beate Schmittmann. "Structure factors and their distributions in driven two-species models" Physical Review E Vol. 6 (1997)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/beate_schmittmann/21/