arXiv:cond-mat/9307027 · Europhysics Letters (EPL)
On U q [ SU (2)]-Symmetric Driven Diffusion
Sven Sandow, Gunter Markus Schutz
Abstract
We study analytically a model where particles with hard-core repulsion diffuse on a finite one-dimensional lattice with space-dependent, asymmetric hopping rates. The dynamics are given by the U q [ SU (2)]-symmetric Hamiltonian of a generalized anisotropic Heisenberg ferromagnet. Exploiting this symmetry, we derive exact expressions for various correlation functions. In the weakly driven system correlation length ξ s and correlation time ξ t are related by ξ t ∼ ξ s 2 indicating a dynamical exponent z = 2 as for symmetric diffusion. But also in strongly driven systems with finite density we find correlation functions with a dynamical exponent z = 2. This is not expected from the finite-size scaling analysis of the model.