title: Unusual dynamical scaling in the spatial distribution of persistent sites in one-dimensional potts models
abstract: The distribution n(k,t) of the interval sizes k between clusters of persistent sites in the dynamical evolution of the one-dimensional q-state Potts model is studied using a combination of numerical simulations, scaling arguments, and exact analysis. It is shown to have the scaling form n(k,t)=t(-2z)f(k/t(z)), with z=max(1/2, straight theta), where straight theta(q) is the persistence exponent which describes the fraction P(t) approximately t(-straight theta) of sites which have not changed their state up to time t. When straight theta>1/2, the scaling length t(straight theta) for the interval-size distribution is larger than the coarsening length scale t(1/2) that characterizes spatial correlations of the Potts variables.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom.
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Bray
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: O'Donoghue