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Spurious phase in a model for traffic on a bridge

Statistical Mechanics 2007-05-23 v1 Physics and Society

Abstract

We present high-precision Monte Carlo data for the phase diagram of a two-species driven diffusive system, reminiscent of traffic across a narrow bridge. Earlier studies reported two phases with broken symmetry; the existence of one of these has been the subject of some debate. We show that the disputed phase disappears for sufficiently large systems and/or sufficiently low bulk mobility.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0508394,
  title  = {Spurious phase in a model for traffic on a bridge},
  author = {David W. Erickson and Gunnar Pruessner and B. Schmittmann and R. K. P. Zia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0508394},
  year   = {2007}
}

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8 pages, 3 figures, JPA style

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