Abstract
We study the effects of the boundary conditions in a driven diffusive lattice-gas model which is known to display kinetic phase transitions. We find, in the case of attractive interaction, that a boundary-condition-induced symmetry breaking of the translational invariance, along the direction of the external field, destroys the second-order kinetic phase transition. This feature is absent in equilibrium systems. In the repulsive case, the phase diagram and critical properties are probably unaltered.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Physical Review B |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| Pages (from-to) | 8744-8746 |
| ISSN | 2469-9950 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1991 |