Totally Asymmetric Exclusion Process with Hierarchical Long-Range Connections

Abstract

A non-equilibrium particle transport model, the totally asymmetric exclusion process, is studied on a one-dimensional lattice with a hierarchy of fixed long-range connections. This model breaks the particle-hole symmetry observed on an ordinary one-dimensional lattice and results in a surprisingly simple phase diagram, without a maximum-current phase. Numerical simulations of the model with open boundary conditions reveal a number of dynamic features and suggest possible applications.Comment: 10 pages, revtex4, reorganized, with some new analytical results. For related articles, see http://www.physics.emory.edu/faculty/boettcher