Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
1997-11-27
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
RevTex, 17pages, 18 figures included using psfig.sty
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.58.1911
We study the effect of quenched spatial disorder on the steady states of driven systems of interacting particles. Two sorts of models are studied: disordered drop-push processes and their generalizations, and the disordered asymmetric simple exclusion process. We write down the exact steady-state measure, and consequently a number of physical quantities explicitly, for the drop-push dynamics in any dimensions for arbitrary disorder. We find that three qualitatively different regimes of behaviour are possible in 1-$d$ disordered driven systems. In the Vanishing-Current regime, the steady-state current approaches zero in the thermodynamic limit. A system with a non-zero current can either be in the Homogeneous regime, chracterized by a single macroscopic density, or the Segregated-Density regime, with macroscopic regions of different densities. We comment on certain important constraints to be taken care of in any field theory of disordered systems.
Barma Mustansir
Tripathy Goutam
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