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Spurious phase in a model for traffic on a bridge

David W. Erickson, Gunnar Pruessner, B. Schmittmann, R. K. P. Zia

cond-mat.stat-mecharXiv:cond-mat/0508394

Abstract

We present high-precision Monte Carlo data for the phase diagram of a two-species driven diffusive system, reminiscent of traffic across a narrow bridge. Earlier studies reported two phases with broken symmetry; the existence of one of these has been the subject of some debate. We show that the disputed phase disappears for sufficiently large systems and/or sufficiently low bulk mobility.

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