title: Voter models with conserved dynamics.
abstract: We propose a modified voter model with locally conserved magnetization and investigate its phase ordering dynamics in two dimensions in numerical simulations. Imposing a local constraint on the dynamics has the surprising effect of speeding up the phase ordering process. The system is shown to exhibit a scaling regime characterized by algebraic domain growth, at odds with the logarithmic coarsening of the standard voter model. A phenomenological approach based on cluster diffusion and similar to Smoluchowski ripening correctly predicts the observed scaling regime. Our analysis exposes unexpected complexity in the phase ordering dynamics without thermodynamic potential.
authors.affiliation: Santa Fe Institute, Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501, USA. caccioli@santafe.edu
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Caccioli
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dall'Asta
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Galla
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rogers
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D015233:Models, Statistical; D044367:Phase Transition; D013816:Thermodynamics