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Velocity and diffusion coefficient of $A+A\leftrightarrow A$ reaction fronts in one dimension

Statistical Mechanics 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

We study front propagation in the reversible reaction-diffusion system A + A <-> A on a 1-d lattice. Extending the idea of leading particle in studying the motion of the front we write a master equation in the stochastically moving frame attached to this particle. This approach provides a systematic way to improve on estimates of front speed obtained earlier. We also find that the leading particle performs a correlated random walk and this correlation needs to be taken into account to get correct value of the front diffusion coefficient.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0505599,
  title  = {Velocity and diffusion coefficient of $A+A\leftrightarrow A$ reaction fronts in one dimension},
  author = {Niraj Kumar and Goutam Tripathy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0505599},
  year   = {2009}
}

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5 pages, 6 figures