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Metastability of reversible condensed zero range processes on a finite set

Probability 2009-10-22 v1

Abstract

Let r:S×S\bbR+r: S\times S\to \bb R_+ be the jump rates of an irreducible random walk on a finite set SS, reversible with respect to some probability measure mm. For α>1\alpha >1, let g:\bbN\bbR+g: \bb N\to \bb R_+ be given by g(0)=0g(0)=0, g(1)=1g(1)=1, g(k)=(k/k1)αg(k) = (k/k-1)^\alpha, k2k\ge 2. Consider a zero range process on SS in which a particle jumps from a site xx, occupied by kk particles, to a site yy at rate g(k)r(x,y)g(k) r(x,y). Let NN stand for the total number of particles. In the stationary state, as NN\uparrow\infty, all particles but a finite number accumulate on one single site. We show in this article that in the time scale N1+αN^{1+\alpha} the site which concentrates almost all particles evolves as a random walk on SS whose transition rates are proportional to the capacities of the underlying random walk.

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@article{arxiv.0910.4089,
  title  = {Metastability of reversible condensed zero range processes on a finite set},
  author = {Johel Beltran and Claudio Landim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0910.4089},
  year   = {2009}
}