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arXiv:1404.1315 · Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical

Spectrum of the totally asymmetric simple exclusion process on a periodic lattice-first excited states

Sylvain Prolhac

Published Aug 29, 2014• 26 citations
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Abstract

We consider the spectrum of the totally asymmetric simple exclusion process on a periodic lattice of L sites. The first eigenstates have an eigenvalue with real part scaling as for large L with finite density of particles. Bethe ansatz shows that these eigenstates are characterized by four finite sets of positive half-integers, or equivalently by two integer partitions. Each corresponding eigenvalue is found to be equal to the value at its saddle point of a function indexed by the four sets. Our derivation of the large L asymptotics relies on a version of the Euler–Maclaurin formula with square root singularities at both ends of the summation range.

DOI
10.1088/1751-8113/47/37/375001

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