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TASEP with a moving wall

Probability 2021-11-05 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We consider a totally asymmetric simple exclusion on Z\mathbb{Z} with the step initial condition, under the additional restriction that the first particle cannot cross a deterministally moving wall. We prove that such a wall may induce asymptotic fluctuation distributions of particle positions of the form P(supτR{Airy2(τ)g(τ)}S) \mathbb{P}\Big(\sup_{\tau\in \mathbb{R}}\{\textrm{Airy}_2(\tau) -g(\tau)\}\leq S\Big) with arbitrary barrier functions gg. This is the same class of distributions that arises as one-point asymptotic fluctuations of TASEPs with arbitrary initial conditions. Examples include Tracy-Widom GOE and GUE distributions, as well as a crossover between them, all arising from various particles behind a linearly moving wall. We also prove that if the right-most particle is second class, and a linearly moving wall is shock-inducing, then the asymptotic distribution of the position of the second class particle is a mixture of the uniform distribution on a segment and the atomic measure at its right end.

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@article{arxiv.2111.02530,
  title  = {TASEP with a moving wall},
  author = {Alexei Borodin and Alexey Bufetov and Patrik L. Ferrari},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.02530},
  year   = {2021}
}

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39 pages, 5 figures

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