A threshold induced phase transition in the kinetic exchange models

Details A threshold induced phase transition in the kinetic exchange models A threshold induced phase transition in the kinetic exchange models

2011-02-09

arxiv.org/abs/1102.1968v3

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

7 pages Revtex format, 12 figures. Accepted for publication in Physical Review E

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We study an ideal-gas-like model where the particles exchange energy stochastically, through energy conserving scattering processes, which take place if and only if at least one of the two particles has energy below a certain energy threshold (interactions are initiated by such low energy particles). This model has an intriguing phase transition in the sense that there is a critical value of the energy threshold, below which the number of particles in the steady state goes to zero, and above which the average number of particles in the steady state is non-zero. This phase transition is associated with standard features like "critical slowing down" and non-trivial values of some critical exponents characterizing the variation of thermodynamic quantities near the threshold energy. The features are exhibited not only in the mean field version but also in the lattice versions.

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