Metastable and scaling regimes of one-dimensional Kawasaki dynamics

F A Gómez Albarracín1, H D Rosales1, M D Grynberg1

  • 1IFLP, UNLP, CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, C.C. 67, 1900 La Plata, Argentina and Departamento de Física, FCE, UNLP, La Plata, Argentina.

Physical Review. E
|May 14, 2016
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