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Critical Slowing Down on the Dynamics of a Bistable Reaction-Diffusion System in the Neighborhood of Its Critical Point

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We investigate the nature of some critical decay processes in a bounded bistable reaction-diffusion system, through a perturbative expansion of its nonequilibrium potential. We elucidate the scaling behavior of the damped relaxation time.

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  1. Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey, 76130, Queretaro, Mexico

    J. M. Reyes de Rueda

  2. Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, (7600), Mar del Plata, Argentina

    G. G. Izús

  3. MONDITEC S.A., (1428), Buenos Aires, Argentina

    C. H. Borzi

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Reyes de Rueda, J.M., Izús, G.G. & Borzi, C.H. Critical Slowing Down on the Dynamics of a Bistable Reaction-Diffusion System in the Neighborhood of Its Critical Point. Journal of Statistical Physics 97, 803–809 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004627611784

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