Metastability of the d-dimensional contact process

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 1225-1239

  Simonis, Adilson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Contact process; Infinite particle systems; Loss of memory; Metastability; Thermalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039020026     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02179561     Document Type: Article

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