First-order phase transitions in non-equilibrium systems: New perspectives
Statistical Mechanics
2007-05-23 v1 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Abstract
First-order irreversible phase transitions (IPT's) between an active regime and an absorbing state are studied in two models by means of both simulations and mean-field stability analysis. Hysteresis around coexistence is the result of the interplay of the length of the interface, its curvature, and a memory effect related to the phase which is being removed. A controversy on the occurrence of scale-invariance is clarified, conciliating the behavior of IPT's with its reversible counterpart.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9911040,
title = {First-order phase transitions in non-equilibrium systems: New perspectives},
author = {Roberto A. Monetti and Alejandro Rozenfeld and Ezequiel V. Albano},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9911040},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
4 pages, 5 figures