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Fabio Giavazzi1, Alberto Vailati2.
Abstract
We introduce a simple ecological model describing the spatial organization of two interacting populations whose individuals are indifferent to conspecifics and avoid the proximity to heterospecifics. At small population densities Φ a nontrivial structure is observed where clusters of individuals arrange into a rhomboidal bipartite network with an average degree of 4. For Φ → 0 the length scale, order parameter, and susceptibility of the network exhibit power-law divergences compatible with hyperscaling, suggesting the existence of a zero-density nontrivial critical point. At larger densities a critical threshold Φ(c) is identified above which the evolution toward a partially ordered configuration is prevented and the system becomes jammed in a fully mixed state.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25353828 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.89.052706
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys ISSN: 1539-3755