Extrapolation methods and Bethe ansatz for the asymmetric exclusion process
Sylvain Prolhac
Abstract The one-dimensional asymmetric simple exclusion process (ASEP), where N hard-core particles hop forward with rate 1 and backward with rate q < 1 , is considered on a periodic lattice of L site. Using KPZ universality and previous results for the totally asymmetric model q = 0 , precise conjectures are formulated for asymptotics at finite density ρ = N / L of ASEP eigenstates close to the stationary state. The conjectures are checked with high precision using extrapolation methods on finite size Bethe ansatz numerics. For weak asymmetry 1 − q ∼ 1 / L , double extrapolation combined with an integer relation algorithm gives an exact expression for the spectral gap up to 10th order in the asymmetry.
arXiv:1604.08843•Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical•Oct 14, 2016•18 citations