Second Class Particle Behaviour in Blocking ASEP
Probability
2026-04-21 v3 Combinatorics
Number Theory
Abstract
We consider any fixed number of second class particles in the asymmetric simple exclusion process (ASEP), constructed via a basic coupling of two ASEPs. We give the joint distribution of the positions of the second class particles and also the probability of there being a second class particle at a given site, under the natural blocking measure for ASEP. In order to find these distributions we use results about the number of particles in half-infinite and finite site ranges of ASEP. Our investigations also lead to probabilistic proofs of well-known combinatorial identities; the Durfee rectangles identity, Euler's identity, and the -Binomial Theorem.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2305.16769,
title = {Second Class Particle Behaviour in Blocking ASEP},
author = {Daniel Adams and Márton Balázs and Jessica Jay},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.16769},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
43 pages, 4 figures. Accepted article. New introduction from previous version