Finite-size scaling of directed percolation in the steady state

Details Finite-size scaling of directed percolation in the steady state Finite-size scaling of directed percolation in the steady state

2007-05-09

arxiv.org/abs/0705.1320v2

Phys. Rev. E 76, 041126 (2007)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

21 pages, 6 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.76.041126

Recently, considerable progress has been made in understanding finite-size scaling in equilibrium systems. Here, we study finite-size scaling in non-equilibrium systems at the instance of directed percolation (DP), which has become the paradigm of non-equilibrium phase transitions into absorbing states, above, at and below the upper critical dimension. We investigate the finite-size scaling behavior of DP analytically and numerically by considering its steady state generated by a homogeneous constant external source on a d-dimensional hypercube of finite edge length L with periodic boundary conditions near the bulk critical point. In particular, we study the order parameter and its higher moments using renormalized field theory. We derive finite-size scaling forms of the moments in a one-loop calculation. Moreover, we introduce and calculate a ratio of the order parameter moments that plays a similar role in the analysis of finite size scaling in absorbing nonequilibrium processes as the famous Binder cumulant in equilibrium systems and that, in particular, provides a new signature of the DP universality class. To complement our analytical work, we perform Monte Carlo simulations which confirm our analytical results.

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