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Phase diagram of a two-species lattice model with a linear instability

Ramaswamy, S and Barma, M and Das, D and Basu, A (2002) Phase diagram of a two-species lattice model with a linear instability. In: Phase Transitions: A Multinational Journal, 75 (4-5). pp. 363-375.

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Abstract

We discuss the properties of a one-dimensional lattice model of a driven system with two species of particles in which the mobility of one species depends on the density of the other. This model was introduced by Lahiri and Ramaswamy (Phys. Rev. Lett., 79, 1150 (1997)) in the context of sedimenting colloidal crystals, and its continuum version was shown to exhibit an instability arising from linear gradient couplings. In this paper we review recent progress in understanding the full phase diagram of the model. There are three phases. In the first, the steady state can be determined exactly along a representative locus using the condition of detailed balance. The system shows phase separation of an exceptionally robust sort, termed strong phase separation, which survives at all temperatures. The second phase arises in the threshold case where the first species evolves independently of the second, but the fluctuations of the first influence the evolution of the second, as in the passive scalar problem. The second species then shows phase separation of a delicate sort, in which long-range order coexists with fluctuations which do not damp down in the large-size limit. This fluctuation-dominated phase ordering is associated with power law decays in cluster size distributions and a breakdown of the Porod law. The third phase is one with a uniform overall density, and along a representative locus the steady state is shown to have product measure form. Density fluctuations are transported by two kinematic waves, each involving both species and coupled at the nonlinear level. Their dissipation properties are governed by the symmetries of these couplings, which depend on the overall densities. In the most interesting case,, the dissipation of the two modes is characterized by different critical exponents, despite the nonlinear coupling.

Item Type: Journal Article
Publication: Phase Transitions: A Multinational Journal
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group
Additional Information: Copyright of this article belongs to Taylor and Francis Group.
Keywords: Two-species Lattice Model;Driven System;Phase Diagram
Department/Centre: Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited: 22 Jul 2011 08:25
Last Modified: 25 Oct 2018 10:32
URI: http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/39351

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