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Brazilian Journal of Physics

Absorbing-state critical phenomena in interacting surface reaction models

Hyunggyu Park, Sungchul Kwon

Published Mar 1, 2000• 2 citations
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Abstract

Absorbing-state critical phenomena in various surface reaction models are briefly reviewed, focusing on their universal properties. The directed percolation universality class and the directed Ising universality class are identified, associated with absorbing-state phase transitions in these one-dimensional reaction models.
DOI
10.1590/s0103-97332000000100013

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