Published February 18, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Spectral gap of the totally asymmetric exclusion process at arbitrary filling

  • 1. Service de Physique Theorique, Cea Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette (France)

Description

We calculate the spectral gap of the Markov matrix of the totally asymmetric simple exclusion process (TASEP) on a ring of L sites with N particles. Our derivation is simple and self-contained and extends a previous calculation that was valid only for half-filling. We use a special property of the Bethe equations for TASEP to reformulate them as a one-body problem. Our method is closely related to the one used to derive exact large deviation functions of the TASEP

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0305-4470/38/1419/a5_7_001.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General (ISSN 1361-6447) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General
Journal Volume
38
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 1419-1425
ISSN
0305-4470
CODEN
JPHAC5

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36046510
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ASYMMETRY; EQUATIONS; FUNCTIONS; MARKOV PROCESS; MATRICES; PARTICLES
Descriptors DEC
STOCHASTIC PROCESSES