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Noise-Induced Phase Separation: Mean-Field Results

Condensed Matter 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

We present a study of a phase-separation process induced by the presence of spatially-correlated multiplicative noise. We develop a mean-field approach suitable for conserved-order-parameter systems and use it to obtain the phase diagram of the model. Mean-field results are compared with numerical simulations of the complete model in two dimensions. Additionally, a comparison between the noise-driven dynamics of conserved and nonconserved systems is made at the level of the mean-field approximation.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9905411,
  title  = {Noise-Induced Phase Separation: Mean-Field Results},
  author = {M. Ibanes and J. Garcia-Ojalvo and R. Toral and J. M. Sancho},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9905411},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

12 pages (including 6 figures) LaTeX file. Submitted to Phys. Rev. E