Combinatorics of the asymmetric exclusion process on a semi-infinite lattice

We study two versions of the asymmetric exclusion process (ASEP) -- an ASEP on a semi-infinite lattice with an open left boundary, and an ASEP on a finite lattice with open left and right boundaries -- and we demonstrate a surprising relationship between their stationary measures. The semi-infinite ASEP was first studied by Liggett and then Grosskinsky, while the finite ASEP had been introduced earlier by Spitzer and Macdonald-Gibbs-Pipkin. We show that the finite correlation functions involving the first L sites for the stationary measures on the semi-infinite ASEP can be obtained as a nonphysical specialization of the stationary distribution of an ASEP on a finite one-dimensional lattice with L sites. Namely, if the output and input rates of particles at the right boundary of the finite ASEP are beta and delta, respectively, and we set delta=-beta, then this specialization corresponds to sending the right boundary of the lattice to infinity. Combining this observation with work of the second author and Corteel, we obtain a combinatorial formula for finite correlation functions of the ASEP on a semi-infinite lattice

A systematic way to find and construct exact finite dimensional matrix product stationary states

We explain how to construct matrix product stationary states which are composed of finite-dimensional matrices. Our construction explained in this article was first presented in a part of [Hieida and Sasamoto:J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 37 (2004) 9873] for general models. In this article, we give more details on the treatment than in the above-mentioned reference, for one-dimensional asymmetric simple exclusion process(ASEP).Comment: This article will appear in the proceedings of "Workshop on Matrix Product State Formulation and Density Matrix Renormalization Group Simulations (MPS&DMRG)" to be published by World Scientifi

Fluctuations of a one-dimensional polynuclear growth model in a half space

We consider the multi-point equal time height fluctuations of a one-dimensional polynuclear growth model in a half space. For special values of the nucleation rate at the origin, the multi-layer version of the model is reduced to a determinantal process, for which the asymptotics can be analyzed. In the scaling limit, the fluctuations near the origin are shown to be equivalent to those of the largest eigenvalue of the orthogonal/symplectic to unitary transition ensemble at soft edge in random matrix theory.Comment: 51 pages, 8 figure