Abstract
We investigate the critical behavior of systems exhibiting a continuous absorbing phase transition in the presence of a conserved field coupled to the order parameter. The results obtained point out the existence of a new universality class of nonequilibrium phase transitions that characterizes a vast set of systems including conserved threshold transfer processes and stochastic sandpile models.
Keywords
continuous absorbing phase transition, nonequilibrium phase transition, conserved field, universality class
Subject Categories
Phase transformations (Statistical physics)
Disciplines
Physics
Publisher
American Physical Society
Publication Date
8-28-2000
Rights Information
©2000 American Physical Society
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American Physical Society
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Recommended Citation
Rossi, M; Pastor-Satorras, R; and Vespignani, A, "Universality class of absorbing phase transitions with a conserved field" (2000). Physics Faculty Publications. Paper 205. http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d20002165
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Notes
Originally published in Physical Review Letters, v.85 no.9 (2000), pp.1803-1806. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.1803. Dr. Vespignani is affiliated with Northeastern University as of the time of deposit.