Figure 9
From: Absorbing phase transition in the coupled dynamics of node and link states in random networks
In panel (a) we display a snapshot of a configuration of the dynamics with parameters \(p=0.3\) and \(\mu =4\) (active phase). In this configuration, all types of pair connections exist and evolve in time. This dynamics further evolves until a finite-size fluctuation takes it to the absorbing state displayed in panel (c), where there are no unsatisfying links. As it is evident from the figure, the system divides in more than two friendly groups with different opinions, a situation that corresponds to \(\mu < {\mu }_{{\rm{split}}}\approx 14\) for these parameters. In panel (b) we show an also active configuration for \(p=0.7\) and \(\mu =16 > {\mu }_{{\rm{split}}}\). This configuration evolves until a fluctuation, for large times, takes it to the absorbing one displayed in panel (d). In this absorbing configuration there are only two groups, a situation corresponding to \(\mu > {\mu }_{{\rm{split}}}\). In all cases displayed, the number of nodes is \(N=30\).
