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Nonequilibrium critical behavior of a species coexistence model

Statistical Mechanics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

A biologically motivated model for spatio-temporal coexistence of two competing species is studied by mean-field theory and numerical simulations. In d>1 dimensions the phase diagram displays an extended region where both species coexist, bounded by two second-order phase transition lines belonging to the directed percolation universality class. The two transition lines meet in a multicritical point, where a non-trivial critical behavior is observed.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0604271,
  title  = {Nonequilibrium critical behavior of a species coexistence model},
  author = {Heiko Reinhardt and Frank Boehm and Barbara Drossel and Haye Hinrichsen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0604271},
  year   = {2007}
}

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11 pages