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Fluctuations of stochastic charged cellular automata

Statistical Mechanics 2025-06-02 v3 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We obtain the exact full counting statistics of a cellular automaton with freely propagating vacancies and charged particles that are stochastically scattered or transmitted upon collision by identifying the problem as a colored stochastic six-vertex model with one inert color. Typical charge current fluctuation at vanishing net charge follow a one-parameter distribution that interpolates between the distribution of the charged single-file class in the limit of pure reflection and a Gaussian distribution in the limit of pure transmission.

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@article{arxiv.2502.02509,
  title  = {Fluctuations of stochastic charged cellular automata},
  author = {Žiga Krajnik and Katja Klobas and Bruno Bertini and Tomaž Prosen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.02509},
  year   = {2025}
}

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35 pages, comments welcome v3: Fixed typos, minor clarifications, added Ref. 49