title: Noise-induced phase separation: mean-field results.
abstract: We present a study of a phase-separation process induced by the presence of spatially correlated multiplicative noise. We develop a mean-field approach suitable for conserved-order-parameter systems and use it to obtain the phase diagram of the model. Mean-field results are compared with numerical simulations of the complete model in two dimensions. Additionally, a comparison between the noise-driven dynamics of conserved and nonconserved systems is made at the level of the mean-field approximation.
authors.affiliation: Departament d'Estructura i Constituents de la Matèria, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 647, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ibañes
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García-Ojalvo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Toral
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sancho