Abstract
We have analyzed a probabilistic cellular automaton to describe the -helper cells response under parasitic infections. The evolution rules are of totalistic type and possess "up-down" symmetry. The automaton displays a dynamical phase transition, from a disordered state to an ordered one, which takes place through a spontaneous symmetry breaking. In the ordered phase, one type of -helper cells predominates over the others. The phase transition was studied both by a pair approximation and by Monte Carlo simulations. In addition, we were able to obtain some exact results for the densities of -helper cells.
- Received 21 August 1995
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.53.3976
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