Smoothly vanishing density in the contact process by an interplay of disorder and long-distance dispersal

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author Juhász, R.
Kovács, I. A.
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Kovács, I. A.
contents Realistic modeling of ecological population dynamics requires spatially explicit descriptions that can take into account spatial heterogeneity as well as long-distance dispersal. Here, we present Monte Carlo simulations and numerical renormalization group results for the paradigmatic model, the contact process, in the combined presence of these factors in both one and two-dimensional systems. Our results confirm our analytic arguments stating that the density vanishes smoothly at the extinction threshold, in a way characteristic of infinite-order transitions. This extremely smooth vanishing of the global density entails an enhanced exposure of the population to extinction events. At the same time, a reverse order parameter, the local persistence displays a discontinuity characteristic of mixed-order transitions, as it approaches a non-universal critical value algebraically with an exponent $β_p'<1$.
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spellingShingle Smoothly vanishing density in the contact process by an interplay of disorder and long-distance dispersal
Juhász, R.
Kovács, I. A.
Statistical Mechanics
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Populations and Evolution
Realistic modeling of ecological population dynamics requires spatially explicit descriptions that can take into account spatial heterogeneity as well as long-distance dispersal. Here, we present Monte Carlo simulations and numerical renormalization group results for the paradigmatic model, the contact process, in the combined presence of these factors in both one and two-dimensional systems. Our results confirm our analytic arguments stating that the density vanishes smoothly at the extinction threshold, in a way characteristic of infinite-order transitions. This extremely smooth vanishing of the global density entails an enhanced exposure of the population to extinction events. At the same time, a reverse order parameter, the local persistence displays a discontinuity characteristic of mixed-order transitions, as it approaches a non-universal critical value algebraically with an exponent $β_p'<1$.
title Smoothly vanishing density in the contact process by an interplay of disorder and long-distance dispersal
topic Statistical Mechanics
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Populations and Evolution
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.02003