Instruct: Identify the main and secondary category of Arxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: Is relaxation to equilibrium hindered by transient dissipative
  structures in closed systems?   Dissipative structures are generally observed when a system relaxes from a
far from equilibrium state. To address the reverse question given by the title,
we investigate the relaxation process in a closed chemical reaction-diffusion
system which can potentially form Turing-like patterns during the transient. We
find that when certain conditions are fulfilled the relaxation process is
indeed drastically hindered, once the pattern is formed. This slowing-down is
shown to be due to stepwise relaxation, where each plateau in the relaxation
process corresponds to residence at a certain spatial pattern. Universality of
the phenomena as well as their biological relevance is briefly discussed.

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The categories of this paper are: solv-int
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The categories of this paper are: cond-mat
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The categories of this paper are: cmp-lg
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The categories of this paper are: stat
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The categories of this paper are: math
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The categories of this paper are: plasm-ph
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The categories of this paper are: dg-ga
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The categories of this paper are: adap-org
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The categories of this paper are: quant-ph
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The categories of this paper are: patt-sol
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The categories of this paper are: comp-gas
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The categories of this paper are: funct-an
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The categories of this paper are: hep-ph
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The categories of this paper are: alg-geom
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The categories of this paper are: q-alg
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The categories of this paper are: nucl-ex