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Condensation in continuous stochastic mass transport models

Statistical Mechanics 2017-07-27 v2

Abstract

We study the dynamics of condensation for a stochastic continuous mass transport process defined on a one-dimensional lattice. Specifically we introduce three different variations of the truncated random average process. We generalize hereby the regular truncated process by introducing a new parameter γ\gamma and derive a rich phase diagram in the ργ\rho-\gamma plane where several new phases next to the condensate or fluid phase can be observed. Lastly we use an extreme value approach in order to describe the conditions of a condensation transition in the thermodynamic limit. This leads us to a possible explanation of the broken ergodicity property expected for truncation processes.

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@article{arxiv.1703.02966,
  title  = {Condensation in continuous stochastic mass transport models},
  author = {Christos Christou and Andreas Schadschneider},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.02966},
  year   = {2017}
}
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