Symmetric Exclusion Process with a Localized Source
Statistical Mechanics
2013-05-30 v2
Abstract
We investigate the growth of the total number of particles in a symmetric exclusion process driven by a localized source. The average total number of particles entering an initially empty system grows with time as t^{1/2} in one dimension, t/log(t) in two dimensions, and linearly in higher dimensions. In one and two dimensions, the leading asymptotic behaviors for the average total number of particles are independent on the intensity of the source. We also discuss fluctuations of the total number of particles and determine the asymptotic growth of the variance in one dimension.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1208.3250,
title = {Symmetric Exclusion Process with a Localized Source},
author = {P. L. Krapivsky},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1208.3250},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
7 pages; small corrections, references added, final version