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| author | de Pirey, Thibaut Arnoulx Bunin, Guy |
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| contents | Many-variable differential equations with random coefficients provide powerful models for the dynamics of many interacting species in ecology. These models are known to exhibit a dynamical phase transition from a phase where population sizes reach a fixed point, to a phase where they fluctuate indefinitely. Here we provide a theory for the critical behavior close to the phase transition. We show that timescales diverge at the transition and that temporal fluctuations grow continuously upon crossing it. We further show the existence of three different universality classes, with different sets of critical exponents, depending on the migration rate which couples the system to its surroundings. |
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| spellingShingle | Critical behavior of a phase transition in the dynamics of interacting populations de Pirey, Thibaut Arnoulx Bunin, Guy Statistical Mechanics Many-variable differential equations with random coefficients provide powerful models for the dynamics of many interacting species in ecology. These models are known to exhibit a dynamical phase transition from a phase where population sizes reach a fixed point, to a phase where they fluctuate indefinitely. Here we provide a theory for the critical behavior close to the phase transition. We show that timescales diverge at the transition and that temporal fluctuations grow continuously upon crossing it. We further show the existence of three different universality classes, with different sets of critical exponents, depending on the migration rate which couples the system to its surroundings. |
| title | Critical behavior of a phase transition in the dynamics of interacting populations |
| topic | Statistical Mechanics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.05063 |