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Current fluctuations in the one dimensional Symmetric Exclusion Process with open boundaries

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2009-11-10 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

We calculate the first four cumulants of the integrated current of the one dimensional symmetric simple exclusion process of NN sites with open boundary conditions. For large system size NN, the generating function of the integrated current depends on the densities ρa\rho_a and ρb\rho_b of the two reservoirs and on the fugacity zz, the parameter conjugated to the integrated current, through a single parameter. Based on our expressions for these first four cumulants, we make a conjecture which leads to a prediction for all the higher cumulants. In the case ρa=1\rho_a=1 and ρb=0\rho_b=0, our conjecture gives the same universal distribution as the one obtained by Lee, Levitov and Yakovets for one dimensional quantum conductors in the metallic regime.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0310453,
  title  = {Current fluctuations in the one dimensional Symmetric Exclusion Process with open boundaries},
  author = {B Derrida and B Doucot and P. -E. Roche},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0310453},
  year   = {2009}
}

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