Novel universality class of absorbing transitions with continuously varying critical exponents

dc.creatorNoh, Jae Dong
dc.creatorPark, Hyunggyu
dc.date2001-09-27
dc.date2002-12-02
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-25T21:58:45Z
dc.descriptionThe well-established universality classes of absorbing critical phenomena are directed percolation (DP) and directed Ising (DI) classes. Recently, the pair contact process with diffusion (PCPD) has been investigated extensively and claimed to exhibit a new type of critical phenomena distinct from both DP and DI classes. Noticing that the PCPD possesses a long-term memory effect, we introduce a generalized version of the PCPD (GPCPD) with a parameter controlling the memory effect. The GPCPD connects the DP fixed point to the PCPD point continuously. Monte Carlo simulations show that the GPCPD displays novel type critical phenomena which are characterized by continuously varying critical exponents. The same critical behaviors are also observed in models where two species of particles are coupled cyclically. We suggest that the long-term memory may serve as a marginal perturbation to the ordinary DP fixed point.
dc.description13 pages + 10 figures (Full paper version)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0109516
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0109516
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. E 69, 016122 (2004)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevE.69.016122
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.dare.co.zw/handle/123456789/84777
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.titleNovel universality class of absorbing transitions with continuously varying critical exponents
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