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Properties of the reaction front in a reversible A+BgkC reaction-diffusion process

Bastien Chopard, Michel Droz, Theo Karapiperis, and Zoltán Rácz
Phys. Rev. E 47, R40(R) – Published 1 January 1993
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Abstract

We study the properties of the reaction front formed in a reversible reaction-diffusion process, A+B?gkC, with initially separated reagents. It is shown that the dynamics of the front can be described in terms of a crossover between ‘‘irreversible’’ scaling at short times (tg1) and ‘‘reversible’’ scaling at long times (tg1). The reversible regime is dominated by diffusion and the critical exponents characterizing the properties of the front are independent of dimension.

  • Received 5 October 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.47.R40

©1993 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Bastien Chopard

  • Group for Parallel Computing, University of Geneva, 1211 Genève 4, Switzerland

Michel Droz

  • Département de Physique Théorique, Université de Genève, 1211 Genève 4, Switzerland

Theo Karapiperis

  • Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland

Zoltán Rácz

  • Physics Department, Clarkson University, Potsdam, N.Y. 13676

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Vol. 47, Iss. 1 — January 1993

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