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Crossover between mean-field and Ising critical behavior in a lattice-gas reaction-diffusion model

Statistical Mechanics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Lattice-gas models for CO oxidation can exhibit a discontinuous nonequilibrium transition between reactive and inactive states, which disappears above a critical CO-desorption rate. Using finite-size-scaling analysis, we demonstrate a crossover from Ising to mean-field behavior at the critical point, with increasing surface mobility of adsorbed CO or with decreasing system size. This behavior is elucidated by analogy with that of equilibrium Ising-type systems with long-range interactions.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0304386,
  title  = {Crossover between mean-field and Ising critical behavior in a lattice-gas reaction-diffusion model},
  author = {Da-Jiang Liu and N. Pavlenko and J. W. Evans},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0304386},
  year   = {2007}
}

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6 pages, 3 figures