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We investigate the stationary states of a two-dimensional lattice gas model with exclusion, in the presence of an external field. The lattice is populated by equal numbers of positively and negatively charged particles. An analytical mean-field approach and Monte Carlo simulations give strong evidence of the fact that at any finite density the only relevant stationary state of the system in the thermodynamic limit is inhomogeneous, consisting of a strip of particles transverse to the field. In the inhomogeneous phase, the density profiles and the current measured by Monte Carlo simulations are closely related to those found in mean field. The same is true for the finite-size behavior of the system.
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Foster, D.P., Godrèche, C. Finite-size effects for phase segregation in a two-dimensional asymmetric exclusion model with two species. J Stat Phys 76, 1129–1151 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02187058
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