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Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 4842–4845 (1997)

Persistence, Poisoning, and Autocorrelations in Dilute Coarsening

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Benjamin P. Lee
Polymers Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899

Andrew D. Rutenberg
Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3NP, United Kingdom

Received 29 July 1997; published in the issue dated 15 December 1997

We calculate the exact autocorrelation exponent λ and persistence exponent θ, and also amplitudes, in the dilute limit of phase ordering for dimensions d≥2. In the Lifshitz-Slyozov-Wagner limit of conserved order parameter dynamics we find θ = γdε, a universal constant times the volume fraction. For autocorrelations, λ = d at intermediate times, with a late time crossover to λd/2+2. We also derive λ and θ for globally conserved dynamics and relate these to the q–state Potts model and soap froths, proposing new poisoning exponents.

© 1997 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.4842
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.4842
PACS:
64.60.Cn, 05.40.+j, 82.20.Mj