First-order phase transitions in non-equilibrium systems: New perspectives

1999/11/03 by Roberto A. Monetti, Roberto Monetti, Alejandro Rozenfeld +4
Computer Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn) #FOS: Physical sciences #Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation #Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech) #cond-mat.dis-nn #cond-mat.stat-mech #nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/9911040

4 pages, 5 figures

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Abstract

First-order irreversible phase transitions (IPT's) between an active regime and an absorbing state are studied in two models by means of both simulations and mean-field stability analysis. Hysteresis around coexistence is the result of the interplay of the length of the interface, its curvature, and a memory effect related to the phase which is being removed. A controversy on the occurrence of scale-invariance is clarified, conciliating the behavior of IPT's with its reversible counterpart.

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