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Critical domain size in a driven diffusive system

Condensed Matter 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The homogeneous ordered state transforms into a polydomain state via a nucleation mechanism in two-dimensional lattice gas if the particle jumps are biased by an external field EE. A simple phenomenological model is used to describe the time evolution of a circular interface separating the ordered regions. It is shown that the area of a domain increases if its radius exceeds a critical value proportional to 1/E1/E which agrees qualitatively with Monte Carlo simulations.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9603048,
  title  = {Critical domain size in a driven diffusive system},
  author = {Attila Szolnoki and Tibor Antal and Gyorgy Szabo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9603048},
  year   = {2007}
}

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REVTEX, 3 twocolumn pages including a PS figure