Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2001-07-20
Phys. Rev. E 64, 066123 (2001)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
19 pages, no figure. To appear in Physical Review E (November 2001)
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.64.066123
In this work we study, on a finite and periodic lattice, a class of one-dimensional (bimolecular and single-species) reaction-diffusion models which cannot be mapped onto free-fermion models. We extend the conventional empty-interval method, also called {\it interparticle distribution function} (IPDF) method, by introducing a string function, which is simply related to relevant physical quantities. As an illustration, we specifically consider a model which cannot be solved directly by the conventional IPDF method and which can be viewed as a generalization of the {\it voter} model and/or as an {\it epidemic} model. We also consider the {\it reversible} diffusion-coagulation model with input of particles and determine other reaction-diffusion models which can be mapped onto the latter via suitable {\it similarity transformations}. Finally we study the problem of the propagation of a wave-front from an inhomogeneous initial configuration and note that the mean-field scenario predicted by Fisher's equation is not valid for the one-dimensional (microscopic) models under consideration.
Bares Pierre-Antoine
Mobilia Mauro
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