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Critical behavior of nonequilibrium models with infinitely many absorbing states

Condensed Matter 2015-06-25 v1

Abstract

I study the critical behavior of a two-dimensional dimer-trimer lattice model, introduced by K\"{o}hler and ben-Avraham [J. Phys. A {\bf 24}, L621 (1991)], for heterogeneous catalysis of the reaction 12A2+13B3AB\frac{1}{2}A_{2}+\frac{1}{3}B_{3} \rightarrow AB. The model possesses infinitely many absorbing states in which the lattice is saturated by adsorbed particles and reactions cease because only isolated vacancies are left. Results for various critical exponents show that the model exhibits the same critical behavior as directed percolation, contrary to earlier findings by K\"{o}hler and ben-Avraham. Together with several other studies, reviewed briefly in this article, this confirms that directed percolation is the generic universality class for models with infinitely many absorbing states.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9405012,
  title  = {Critical behavior of nonequilibrium models with infinitely many absorbing states},
  author = {Iwan Jensen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9405012},
  year   = {2015}
}

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13 pages (5 uuencoded PostScript figures appended), LaTeX