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We introduce a systematic method for extracting multivariable universal scaling functions and critical exponents from data. We exemplify our insights by analyzing simulations of avalanches in an interface using simulations from a driven…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2011-12-06 Yan-Jiun Chen , Stefanos Papanikolaou , James P. Sethna , Stefano Zapperi , Gianfranco Durin

We establish a quantitative homogenization result for an interface moving through a field of sufficiently sparse but possibly impenetrable random obstacles. From a physical viewpoint, such problems arise e.g. in the context of the motion of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-13 Julian Fischer , Jonas Ingmanns

Recently it has been shown that when an equation that allows so-called pulled fronts in the mean-field limit is modelled with a stochastic model with a finite number $N$ of particles per correlation volume, the convergence to the speed…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 Debabrata Panja , Wim van Saarloos

We study the mass-conserved reaction-diffusion system known as the wave-pinning model, which serves as a minimal framework for describing cell polarity. In this model, the interplay between reaction kinetics and slow diffusion forms a sharp…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-01-09 Shunsuke Kobayashi , Koya Sakakibara , Taikei Uechi

We revisit the problem of deriving the mean-field values of avalanche critical exponents in systems with absorbing states. These are well-known to coincide with those of an un-biased branching process. Here, we show that for at least 4…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2017-03-15 Serena di Santo , Pablo Villegas , Rafaella Burioni , Miguel A. Muñoz

The Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) equation for surface growth has been analyzed for over three decades. Some experiments indicated the power law for the interface width, $w(t)\sim t^\beta$, remains the same as in growth on planar surfaces.…

With Monte Carlo simulations, the nonsteady dynamics properties of a domain wall have been systematically investigated for the thermally activated creep state under an alternating driving field. Taking the driven random-field Ising model in…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-07-11 N. J. Zhou , B. Zheng

The dynamics of critical slope self-organized critical models is studied, using a previous mapping into a linear interface depinning model dragged at one end. The model is solved obtaining the complete set of scaling exponents. Some results…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Alexei Vazquez , Oscar Sotolongo-Costa

The percolation, Ising, and O($n$) models constitute fundamental systems in statistical and condensed matter physics. For short-range-interacting cases, the nature of their phase transitions is well established by renormalization-group…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-01-21 Tianning Xiao , Zhijie Fan , Youjin Deng

A multispecies diffuse interface model is formulated in a fluctuating hydrodynamics framework for the purpose of simulating surfactant interfaces at the nanoscale. The model generalizes previous work to ternary mixtures, employing a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-08-26 John B. Bell , Andrew Nonaka , Alejandro L. Garcia

The nonequilibrium steady state of the one-dimensional (1D) Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) universality class is studied in-depth by exact solutions, yet no direct experimental evidence of its characteristic statistical properties has been…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-07-14 Takayasu Iwatsuka , Yohsuke T. Fukai , Kazumasa A. Takeuchi

We study a subclass of the May-Leonard stochastic model with an arbitrary, even number of species, leading to the arising of two competing partnerships where individuals are indistinguishable. By carrying out a series of accurate numerical…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2018-11-21 T. A. Pereira , J. Menezes , L. Losano

We explore linear control of the one-dimensional non-linear Kardar--Parisi--Zhang (KPZ) equation with the goal to understand the effects the control process has on the dynamics and on the stationary state of the resulting stochastic growth…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-05-11 Priyanka , Uwe C Tauber , Michel Pleimling

We study the solution of the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) equation for the stochastic growth of an interface of height $h(x,t)$ on the positive half line, equivalently the free energy of the continuum directed polymer in a half space with a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-08-05 Guillaume Barraquand , Alexandre Krajenbrink , Pierre Le Doussal

This is a brief survey of recent experimental studies on out-of-equilibrium scaling laws, focusing on two prominent situations where non-trivial universality classes have been identified theoretically: absorbing-state phase transitions and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-01-27 Kazumasa A. Takeuchi

We simulated a growth model in 1+1 dimensions in which particles are aggregated according to the rules of ballistic deposition with probability p or according to the rules of random deposition with surface relaxation (Family model) with…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 Anna Chame , Fabio D. A. Aarao Reis

We study the dynamical behavior of a one dimensional interface interacting with a sticky unpenetrable substrate or wall. The interface is subject to two effects going in opposite directions. Contact between the interface and the substrate…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-07-20 Hubert Lacoin , Shangjie Yang

The power spectrum of interface fluctuations in the $(1+1)$-dimensional Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) universality class is studied both experimentally and numerically. The $1/f^\alpha$-type spectrum is found and characterized through a set of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-06-09 Kazumasa A. Takeuchi

We study the nonequilibrium phase transition in a model of aggregation of masses allowing for diffusion, aggregation on contact and fragmentation. The model undergoes a dynamical phase transition in all dimensions. The steady state mass…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-25 Satya N. Majumdar , Supriya Krishnamurthy , Mustansir Barma

We study the critical behavior of a driven interface in a medium with random pinning forces by analyzing spatial and temporal correlations in a lattice model recently proposed by Sneppen [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 69}, 3539 (1992)]. The static…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 Heiko Leschhorn , Lei-Han Tang