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Quasi-stationary simulation of the contact process

Statistical Mechanics 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

We review a recently devised Monte Carlo simulation method for the direct study of quasi-stationary properties of stochastic processes with an absorbing state. The method is used to determine the static correlation function and the interparticle gap-length distribution in the critical one-dimensional contact process. We also find evidence for power-law decay of the interparticle distance distribution in the two-particle subspace.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0411610,
  title  = {Quasi-stationary simulation of the contact process},
  author = {Ronald Dickman and Marcelo Martins de Oliveira},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0411610},
  year   = {2009}
}

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9 pages, 4 figures