Phase separation in systems with absorbing states
Condensed Matter
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
We study the problem of phase separation in systems with a positive definite order parameter, and in particular, in systems with absorbing states. Owing to the presence of a single minimum in the free energy driving the relaxation kinetics, there are some basic properties differing from standard phase separation. We study analytically and numerically this class of systems; in particular we determine the phase diagram, the growth laws in one and two dimensions and the presence of scale invariance. Some applications are also discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9807050,
title = {Phase separation in systems with absorbing states},
author = {M. A. Munoz and U. Marini Bettolo Marconi and R. Cafiero},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9807050},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Submitted to Europhysics Lett