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Computation of Atmospheric Concentrations of Molecular Clusters from ab initio Thermochemistry
Published on: April 8, 2020
Condensation induced by coupled transport processes
Gabriele Gotti1,2, Stefano Iubini2,3, Paolo Politi2,3
1Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Firenze, via G. Sansone 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
Abstract:
Several lattice models display a condensation transition in real space when the density of a suitable order parameter exceeds a critical value. We consider one of such models with two conservation laws, in a onedimensional open setup where the system is attached to two external reservoirs. Both reservoirs impose subcritical boundary conditions at the chain ends. When such boundary conditions are equal, the system is in equilibrium below the condensation threshold and no condensate can appear. Instead, when the system is kept out of equilibrium, localization may arise in an internal portion of the lattice. We discuss the origin of this phenomenon, the relevance of the number of conservation laws, and the effect of the pinning of the condensate on the dynamics of the out-of-equilibrium state.
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