Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2011-12-21
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
14 pages, 15 figures
Scientific paper
Networks and dynamical processes occurring on them have become a paradigmatic representation of complex systems. Studying the role of quenched disorder, both intrinsic to nodes and topological, is a key challenge. With this in mind, here we analyse the contact process, i.e. the simplest model for propagation phenomena, with node-dependent infection rates (i.e. intrinsic quenched disorder) on complex networks. We find Griffiths phases and other rare region effects, leading rather generically to anomalously slow (algebraic, logarithmic, etc.) relaxation, on Erd\H{o}s-R\'enyi networks. We predict similar effects to exist for other topologies as long as a non-vanishing percolation threshold exists. More strikingly, we find that Griffiths phases can also emerge --even with constant epidemic rates-- as a consequence of mere topological heterogeneity. In particular, we find Griffiths phases in finite dimensional networks as, for instance, a family of generalized small-world networks. These results have a broad spectrum of implications for propagation phenomena and other dynamical processes on networks, and are relevant for the analysis of both models and empirical data.
Castellano Claudio
Juhasz Róbert
Munoz Miguel A.
Odor Geza
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