English

Universal and non-universal features of the generalized voter class for ordering dynamics

Statistical Mechanics 2015-06-05 v2 Physics and Society

Abstract

By considering three different spin models belonging to the generalized voter class for ordering dynamics in two dimensions [I. Dornic, \textit{et al.} Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{87}, 045701 (2001)], we show that they behave differently from the linear voter model when the initial configuration is an unbalanced mixture up and down spins. In particular we show that for nonlinear voter models the exit probability (probability to end with all spins up when starting with an initial fraction xx of them) assumes a nontrivial shape. The change is traced back to the strong nonconservation of the average magnetization during the early stages of dynamics. Also the time needed to reach the final consensus state TN(x)T_N(x) has an anomalous nonuniversal dependence on xx.

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@article{arxiv.1207.4333,
  title  = {Universal and non-universal features of the generalized voter class for ordering dynamics},
  author = {Claudio Castellano and Romualdo Pastor-Satorras},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.4333},
  year   = {2015}
}

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7 pages, 7 figures