Population Dynamics in Spatially Heterogeneous Systems with Drift: the generalized contact process

dc.creatorJoo, Jaewook
dc.creatorLebowitz, Joel L.
dc.date2004-12-08
dc.date2005-08-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:02:33Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T03:02:33Z
dc.descriptionWe investigate the time evolution and stationary states of a stochastic, spatially discrete, population model (contact process) with spatial heterogeneity and imposed drift (wind) in one- and two-dimensions. We consider in particular a situation in which space is divided into two regions: an oasis and a desert (low and high death rates). Carrying out computer simulations we find that the population in the (quasi) stationary state will be zero, localized, or delocalized, depending on the values of the drift and other parameters. The phase diagram is similar to that obtained by Nelson and coworkers from a deterministic, spatially continuous model of a bacterial population undergoing convection in a heterogeneous medium.
dc.description8 papes, 12 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0412180
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0412180
dc.identifierPhysical Review E 72, 036112 (2005)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevE.72.036112
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/25433
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.subjectPopulations and Evolution
dc.titlePopulation Dynamics in Spatially Heterogeneous Systems with Drift: the generalized contact process
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