59 research outputs found
Exact shock measures and steady-state selection in a driven diffusive system with two conserved densities
We study driven 1d lattice gas models with two types of particles and nearest
neighbor hopping. We find the most general case when there is a shock solution
with a product measure which has a density-profile of a step function for both
densities. The position of the shock performs a biased random walk. We
calculate the microscopic hopping rates of the shock. We also construct the
hydrodynamic limit of the model and solve the resulting hyperbolic system of
conservation laws. In case of open boundaries the selected steady state is
given in terms of the boundary densities.Comment: 12 pages, 4 figure
Bethe ansatz and current distribution for the TASEP with particle-dependent hopping rates
Using the Bethe ansatz we obtain in a determinant form the exact solution of
the master equation for the conditional probabilities of the totally asymmetric
exclusion process with particle-dependent hopping rates on Z. From this we
derive a determinant expression for the time-integrated current for a
step-function initial state.Comment: 14 page
Logarithmic current fluctuations in non-equilibrium quantum spin chains
We study zero-temperature quantum spin chains which are characterized by a
non-vanishing current. For the XX model starting from the initial state |... +
+ + - - - ...> we derive an exact expression for the variance of the total spin
current. We show that asymptotically the variance exhibits an anomalously slow
logarithmic growth; we also extract the sub-leading constant term. We then
argue that the logarithmic growth remains valid for the XXZ model in the
critical region.Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures, minor alteration
Epidemic spreading in evolving networks
A model for epidemic spreading on rewiring networks is introduced and
analyzed for the case of scale free steady state networks. It is found that
contrary to what one would have naively expected, the rewiring process
typically tends to suppress epidemic spreading. In particular it is found that
as in static networks, rewiring networks with degree distribution exponent
exhibit a threshold in the infection rate below which epidemics die
out in the steady state. However the threshold is higher in the rewiring case.
For no such threshold exists, but for small infection rate
the steady state density of infected nodes (prevalence) is smaller for rewiring
networks.Comment: 7 pages, 7 figure
Ergodicity breaking in one-dimensional reaction-diffusion systems
We investigate one-dimensional driven diffusive systems where particles may
also be created and annihilated in the bulk with sufficiently small rate. In an
open geometry, i.e., coupled to particle reservoirs at the two ends, these
systems can exhibit ergodicity breaking in the thermodynamic limit. The
triggering mechanism is the random motion of a shock in an effective potential.
Based on this physical picture we provide a simple condition for the existence
of a non-ergodic phase in the phase diagram of such systems. In the
thermodynamic limit this phase exhibits two or more stationary states. However,
for finite systems transitions between these states are possible. It is shown
that the mean lifetime of such a metastable state is exponentially large in
system-size. As an example the ASEP with the A0A--AAA reaction kinetics is
analyzed in detail. We present a detailed discussion of the phase diagram of
this particular model which indeed exhibits a phase with broken ergodicity. We
measure the lifetime of the metastable states with a Monte Carlo simulation in
order to confirm our analytical findings.Comment: 25 pages, 14 figures; minor alterations, typos correcte
The statistics of diffusive flux
We calculate the explicit probability distribution function for the flux
between sites in a simple discrete time diffusive system composed of
independent random walkers. We highlight some of the features of the
distribution and we discuss its relation to the local instantaneous entropy
production in the system. Our results are applicable both to equilibrium and
non-equilibrium steady states as well as for certain time dependent situations.Comment: 12 pages, 1 figur
Determinant solution for the Totally Asymmetric Exclusion Process with parallel update
We consider the totally asymmetric exclusion process in discrete time with
the parallel update. Constructing an appropriate transformation of the
evolution operator, we reduce the problem to that solvable by the Bethe ansatz.
The non-stationary solution of the master equation for the infinite 1D lattice
is obtained in a determinant form. Using a modified combinatorial treatment of
the Bethe ansatz, we give an alternative derivation of the resulting
determinant expression.Comment: 34 pages, 5 figures, final versio
Transport in the XX chain at zero temperature: Emergence of flat magnetization profiles
We study the connection between magnetization transport and magnetization
profiles in zero-temperature XX chains. The time evolution of the transverse
magnetization, m(x,t), is calculated using an inhomogeneous initial state that
is the ground state at fixed magnetization but with m reversed from -m_0 for
x0. In the long-time limit, the magnetization evolves into a
scaling form m(x,t)=P(x/t) and the profile develops a flat part (m=P=0) in the
|x/t|1/2 while it
expands with the maximum velocity, c_0=1, for m_0->0. The states emerging in
the scaling limit are compared to those of a homogeneous system where the same
magnetization current is driven by a bulk field, and we find that the
expectation values of various quantities (energy, occupation number in the
fermionic representation) agree in the two systems.Comment: RevTex, 8 pages, 3 ps figure
Multi shocks in Reaction-diffusion models
It is shown, concerning equivalent classes, that on a one-dimensional lattice
with nearest neighbor interaction, there are only four independent models
possessing double-shocks. Evolution of the width of the double-shocks in
different models is investigated. Double-shocks may vanish, and the final state
is a state with no shock. There is a model for which at large times the average
width of double-shocks will become smaller. Although there may exist stationary
single-shocks in nearest neighbor reaction diffusion models, it is seen that in
none of these models, there exist any stationary double-shocks. Models
admitting multi-shocks are classified, and the large time behavior of
multi-shock solutions is also investigated.Comment: 17 pages, LaTeX2e, minor revisio
Fluctuation properties of the TASEP with periodic initial configuration
We consider the joint distributions of particle positions for the continuous
time totally asymmetric simple exclusion process (TASEP). They are expressed as
Fredholm determinants with a kernel defining a signed determinantal point
process. We then consider certain periodic initial conditions and determine the
kernel in the scaling limit. This result has been announced first in a letter
by one of us and here we provide a self-contained derivation. Connections to
last passage directed percolation and random matrices are also briefly
discussed.Comment: 33 pages, 4 figure, LaTeX; We added several references to the general
framework and techniques use
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