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Effects of translational symmetry breaking induced by the boundaries in a driven diffusive system

Jrørgen Vitting Andersen and Kwan-tai Leung
Phys. Rev. B 43, 8744(R) – Published 1 April 1991
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Abstract

We study the effects of the boundary conditions in a driven diffusive lattice-gas model which is known to display kinetic phase transitions. We find, in the case of attractive interaction, that a boundary-condition-induced symmetry breaking of the translational invariance, along the direction of the external field, destroys the second-order kinetic phase transition. This feature is absent in equilibrium systems. In the repulsive case, the phase diagram and critical properties are probably unaltered.

  • Received 19 December 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.43.8744

©1991 American Physical Society

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Jrørgen Vitting Andersen

  • Department of Structural Properties of Materials, The Technical University of Denmark, Building 307, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark

Kwan-tai Leung

  • Department of Physics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061

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Vol. 43, Iss. 10 — 1 April 1991

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