2006/02/02 by Ekaterina Pronina, Anatoly B. Kolomeisky · 1 citation
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Asymmetric simple exclusion process #Asymmetry #Cluster (spacecraft) #Complex Network Analysis Techniques #Computer science #Condensed matter physics #Coupling (piping) #Jump #Materials science #Phase (matter) #Phase diagram #Phase transition #Physics #Quantum mechanics #Simple (philosophy) #Statistical physics #Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics #Theoretical and Computational Physics #cond-mat.soft #cond-mat.stat-mech
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.physa.2006.05.006
12 pages, 6 figures
arxiv created 2006/02/02 · openalex publication_date 2006/06/07 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Simple exclusion processes for particles moving along two parallel lattices and jumping between them are theoretically investigated for asymmetric rates of transition between the channels. An approximate theoretical approach, that describes the particle dynamics exactly in any vertical cluster of two parallel sites and neglects the correlations between the different vertical clusters, is applied to calculate stationary-state density profiles, currents and phase diagrams. Surprisingly, it is found that asymmetry in the coupling between the channels leads to a very complex phase behavior that is very different from two-channel simple exclusion processes with symmetric coupling. There are seven stationary-state phases in the simple exclusion processes with asymmetric transition rates between the channels, in contrast to three phases found for the systems with symmetric coupling. In addition, a new maximal-current phase with a domain wall in the middle of the lattices, that has no analogs in other exclusion processes, is observed. Although the explicit calculations are presented only for the case of full asymmetry, when the particles can only jump between the channels in one direction, the properties of two-channel simple exclusion systems with general asymmetry are also discussed. Theoretical predictions are in excellent agreement with extensive computer Monte Carlo simulations.