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arXiv:1904.07336 · Physical review. E

Dynamical phase behavior of the single- and multi-lane asymmetric simple exclusion process via matrix product states

Phillip Helms, Ushnish Ray, Garnet Kin‐Lic Chan

Published Aug 2, 2019• 42 citations
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Abstract

The open asymmetric simple exclusion process (ASEP) has emerged as a paradigmatic model of nonequilibrium behavior, in part due to its complex dynamical behavior and wide physical applicability as a model of driven diffusion. We compare the dynamical phase behavior of the one-dimensional (1D) ASEP and the multi-lane ASEP, a previously unstudied extension of the 1D model that may be thought of as a finite-width strip of the fully two-dimensional (2D) system. Our characterization employs large deviation theory (LDT), matrix product states (MPS), and the density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) algorithm, to compute the current cumulant generating function and its derivatives, which serve as dynamical order parameters. We use this measure to show that when particles cannot exit or enter the lattice vertically, the phase behavior of the multi-lane ASEP mimics that of its 1D counterpart, exhibiting the macroscopic and microscopic signatures of the maximal current, shock, and high-density-low-density coexistence phases. Conversely, when particles are allowed to freely enter and exit the lattice, no such transition is observed. This contrast emphasizes the complex interplay between latitudinal and longitudinal hopping rates and the effect of current biasing. Our results support the potential of tensor networks as a framework to understand classical nonequilibrium statistical mechanics.

DOI
10.1103/physreve.100.022101

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One can drive a system away from equilibrium by brining it in contact with reservoirs at a different temperature or chemical potential; as a result, heat or particle currents will develop. Recently, the interest in the fluctuations of these currents has increased considerably, both from a theoretical and an experimental point of view. We studied current fluctuations in the Totally Asymmetric Simple Exclusion Process (TASEP), which consists of a one‐dimensional lattice in which each site is either empty or occupied by at most one particle. The particles enter the lattice with rate α, move to the right in the bulk of the lattice with rate 1, and exit the lattice with rate β, provided these moves are allowed by the exclusion statistics. In our work, the current is then taken to be equal to the total number of particles that has passed through all bonds up to a certain time. Using a powerful numerically exact technique called the Density Matrix Renormalization Group (DMRG), we were able to obtain results for the first three cumulants of the current and their time dependence in the various phases of the TASEP (determined by the values of α and β). Furthermore, by studying ensenbles of histories weighted by an exponential function of the current, we found that the TASEP displays a space‐time phase transition.
The asymmetric simple exclusion process (ASEP) is one of the most extensively studied models in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics. The macroscopic particle current produced in its steady state is directly related to the breaking of detailed balance, and is therefore a physical quantity of particular interest. In this paper, we build a matrix product ansatz which allows us to access the exact statistics of the fluctuations of that current for finite sizes, as well as the probabilities of configurations conditioned on the mean current. We also show how this ansatz can be used for the periodic ASEP and how it translates into the language of the XXZ spin chain.
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In recent years, one-dimensional driven diffusion models consisting of particles on a lattice have been studied. The most famous topics of these models are solvability and phase transitions. For example, the exact stationary-state solution of the asymmetric exclusion process (ASEP) with an open boundary condition can be obtained as a matrix product form and its physical quantities exhibit boundary-induced phase transitions in the thermodynamic limit. There are three regimes, namely, maximal-current (MC) phase, low-density (LD) phase and high-density (HD) phase in the phase diagram. The two-species models or three-state models are also interesting. The stationary-state solutions of the two-species totally asymmetric exclusion process (TASEP) with a periodic boundary condition and an open boundary condition can be obtained as matrix product forms. The model in ref. 6 exhibits two phases in which symmetry breaks spontaneously. Furthermore, the model in ref. 7 exhibits phase separation. In this note, the two-species TASEP with a new open boundary condition different from the condition in ref. 6 is introduced and we obtain the stationary-state solution exactly as a matrix product form and calculate the physical quantities in the thermodynamic limit. Let us consider a stochastic process on an L-site chain with two-species particles. We note j 1⁄4 0 if site j is empty, j 1⁄4 1 if site j is occupied by the first-class particle and j 1⁄4 2 if site j is occupied by the second-class particle. The exchange rule in the bulk of the chain is expressed as 10 ! 01 with a rate 1; ð1Þ 20 ! 02 with a rate 1; ð2Þ 12 ! 21 with a rate 1: ð3Þ