arXiv:cond-mat/0107371

Dynamical exponents of an even-parity-conserving contact process with diffusion

J. Ricardo G. Mendonça

Published Jul 17, 2001• 0 citations

Abstract

We provide finite-size scaling estimates for the dynamical critical exponent of the even parity-conserving universality class of critical behavior through exact numerical diagonalizations of the time evolution operator of an even-parity-conserving contact process. Our data seem to indicate that upon the introduction of a small diffusion rate in the process its critical behavior crosses over to that of the directed percolation universality class. A brief discussion of the many-sector decomposability of parity-conserving contact processes is presented.

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0107371

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