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Universality classes in two-component driven diffusive systems

Statistical Mechanics 2016-08-08 v4

Abstract

We study time-dependent density fluctuations in the stationary state of driven diffusive systems with two conserved densities ρλ\rho_\lambda. Using Monte-Carlo simulations of two coupled single-lane asymmetric simple exclusion processes we present numerical evidence for universality classes with dynamical exponents z=(1+5)/2z=(1+\sqrt{5})/2 and z=3/2z=3/2 (but different from the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) universality class), which have not been reported yet for driven diffusive systems. The numerical asymmetry of the dynamical structure functions converges slowly for some of the non-KPZ superdiffusive modes for which mode coupling theory predicts maximally asymmetric zz-stable L\'evy scaling functions. We show that all universality classes predicted by mode coupling theory for two conservation laws are generic: They occur in two-component systems with nonlinearities in the associated currents already of the minimal order ρλ2ρμ\rho_\lambda^2\rho_\mu. The macroscopic stationary current-density relation and the compressibility matrix determine completely all permissible universality classes through the mode coupling coefficients which we compute explicitly for general two-component systems.

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@article{arxiv.1410.8026,
  title  = {Universality classes in two-component driven diffusive systems},
  author = {V. Popkov and J. Schmidt and G. M. Schütz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.8026},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

37 pages, 11 figures, a reference added, some typos corrected and some figures replaced + various cosmetic changes

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