Towards Classification of Phase Transitions in Reaction--Diffusion Models

dc.creatorElgart, Vlad
dc.creatorKamenev, Alex
dc.date2006-05-01
dc.date2006-10-12
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:08:41Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T07:08:41Z
dc.descriptionEquilibrium phase transitions are associated with rearrangements of minima of a (Lagrangian) potential. Treatment of non-equilibrium systems requires doubling of degrees of freedom, which may be often interpreted as a transition from the ``coordinate'' to the ``phase'' space representation. As a result, one has to deal with the Hamiltonian formulation of the field theory instead of the Lagrangian one. We suggest a classification scheme of phase transitions in reaction-diffusion models based on the topology of the phase portraits of corresponding Hamiltonians. In models with an absorbing state such a topology is fully determined by intersecting curves of zero ``energy''. We identify four families of topologically distinct classes of phase portraits stable upon RG transformations.
dc.description14 pages, 9 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0605041
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0605041
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. E 74, 041101 (2006)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevE.74.041101
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/110800
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.subjectPopulations and Evolution
dc.titleTowards Classification of Phase Transitions in Reaction--Diffusion Models
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