Diffusive epidemic process in 3D: a two-species reaction–diffusion phase transition. Issue 3 (22nd March 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Argolo, C; Tenório, V; Albuquerque, S S
• Is Part Of: Journal of statistical mechanics. Issue 3(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-03-22
• Subjects: absorbing states -- numerical simulations -- classical Monte Carlo simulations -- classical phase transitions; Statistical mechanics -- Periodicals; Mechanics -- Statistical methods -- Periodicals; 530.1305
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/abe701
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-5468

Abstract

Abstract: By the use of Monte Carlo simulation we study the critical behavior of a three-dimensional stochastic lattice model describing a diffusive epidemic propagation process. In this model, healthy ( A ) and sick ( B ) individuals diffuse on the lattice with diffusion constants d A and d B, respectively, and undergo reactions B → A and A + B → 2 B . We determine the absorbing phase transition between a steady reactive state and a vacuum state. We obtained the order parameter, order parameter fluctuations, correlation length and their critical exponents by the use of steady state and short-time dynamics simulations. We studied three different diffusion regimes: the case of species A diffusing much slower than species B ( d A ≪ d B ), the case of species with equal diffusion constants ( d A = d B ) and the case of species A diffusing much faster than species B ( d A ≫ d B ). We found only second order transition for all three cases. We did not identify any signal of first order transition for the case d A > d B as predicted by field theory in first order approximation.