Recent Publications (2005 - now)

· A possible classification of nonequilibrium steady states.

      R. K. P. Zia and B. Schmittmann, submitted to Journal of Physics A (2006); Newton Institute preprint 6013 – PDS.

· Towards a model for protein production rates.

      J.J. Dong, B. Schmittmann, and R.K.P. Zia, submitted to Journal of Statistical Physics (2006): Special Issue on Biocomplexity VIII:
“Applications of Methods of Stochastic Systems and Statistical Physics in Biology”.

· Strongly anisotropic roughness in surfaces driven by an oblique particle flux. 

B. Schmittmann, G. Prüssner, and H.K. Janssen, accepted by Physical Review E (2006); cond-mat/0604363.  

· Novel surface universality classes with strong anisotropy.

B. Schmittmann, G. Prüssner, and H.K. Janssen, accepted by Journal of Physics A: Special Issue on Renormalization Group 2005 (2006); cond-mat/0602641.

· Cluster growth and dynamic scaling in a two-lane driven diffusive system.

I. T. Georgiev, B. Schmittmann and R. K. P. Zia, Journal of Physics A: Math. Gen. 3495-3509 (2006); cond-mat/0602595.

· Spurious phase in a model for traffic on a bridge.    

       D.W. Erickson, G. Prüssner, B. Schmittmann, and R.K.P. Zia, Journal of Physics A: Math. Gen. 38 , L659-L665 (2005); cond-mat/0508394.

· Steady states of a nonequilibrium lattice gas.    

      Ed Lyman and B. Schmittmann, Physical Review E 72, 036127 (2005); cond-mat/0504568.

· Dynamic scaling of a cluster growth process far from equilibrium.    

      I.T. Georgiev, B. Schmittmann, and R.K.P. Zia, to appear in: Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics XVIII, Eds. D.P. Landau, S.P. Lewis, and H.B. Schüttler (Springer, Heidelberg, 2005).

· Will jams get worse when slow cars move over?

      B. Schmittmann, J. Krometis, and R.K.P. Zia, Europhysics Letters 70, 299-305 (2005); cond-mat/0503413.

· Exact dynamics of a reaction-diffusion model with spatially alternating rates.  

      M. Mobilia, B. Schmittmann, and R.K.P. Zia, Physical  Review E71 , 056129-1 – 12 (2005); cond-mat/0412576.

· Anomalous nucleation far from equilibrium.

      I.T. Georgiev, B. Schmittmann, and R.K.P. Zia, Physical Review Letters 94, 115701-1 – 4 (2005); cond-mat/0502209

· Gas permeation through a polymer network.

      B. Schmittmann, Manoj Gopalakrishnan, and R.K.P. Zia, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 17, S1817-S1825 (2005); cond-mat/0501302

Other Publications: 

· 2000 - 2004

· 1995 - 1999

· 1990 - 1994

· prior to 1990

Reviews

· Driven Diffusive Systems: An Introduction and Recent Developments.
B. Schmittmann and R.K.P. Zia, Proceedings of the IXth International Summerschool on Fundamental Problems in Statistical Mechanics, ed. H. van Beijeren , Physics Reports 301, 45-64 (1998).

· Statistical Mechanics of Driven Diffusive Systems.
B. Schmittmann and R.K.P. Zia, Vol. 17 of Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena,
eds. C. Domb and J.L. Lebowitz (Academic Press, London, 1995), 220 pp.

· Critical Behavior of the Driven Diffusive Lattice Gas.
B. Schmittmann, International Journal of Modern Physics B4, 2269-2306 (1990).