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Novel Phases and Finite-Size Scaling in Two-Species Asymmetric Diffusive Processes

Condensed Matter 2009-10-22 v1 adap-org Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems

Abstract

We study a stochastic lattice gas of particles undergoing asymmetric diffusion in two dimensions. Transitions between a low-density uniform phase and high-density non-uniform phases characterized by localized or extended structure are found. We develop a mean-field theory which relates coarse-grained parameters to microscopic ones. Detailed predictions for finite-size (LL) scaling and density profiles agree excellently with simulations. Unusual large-LL behavior of the transition point parallel to that of self-organized sandpile models is found.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9409013,
  title  = {Novel Phases and Finite-Size Scaling in Two-Species Asymmetric Diffusive Processes},
  author = {Kwan-tai Leung},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9409013},
  year   = {2009}
}

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7 pages, plus 6 figures uuencoded, compressed and appended after source code, LATeX, to be published as a Phys. Rev. Lett