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We prove that the Harris contact process shows metastable behavior for any supercritical value of the parameter, even when some macroscopic observables are observed.
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Schonmann, R.H. Metastability for the contact process. J Stat Phys 41, 445–464 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01009017
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01009017