Abstract
In the diffusive epidemic process (DEP), particles of two species (A and B) hop on a lattice and undergo reactions B → A and A + B → 2B; the B-free state is absorbing. Renormalization group analysis predicts a continuous phase transition to the absorbing state when the hopping rate of B particles, DB, is greater than or equal to that of A particles, and a discontinuous transition for DA > DB. Monte Carlo simulations of the one-dimensional DEP suggest that, on the contrary, the transition is continuous in all cases. Here we present strong evidence for a continuous transition for DA > DB in the two-dimensional model as well. Our results suggest that hysteresis is absent in both the one- and two-dimensional cases.
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