Physics – Biological Physics
Scientific paper
2010-02-19
Phys. Rev. E 83, 031923 (2011)
Physics
Biological Physics
12 pages, 10 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.83.031923
We investigate a driven two-channel system where particles on different lanes mutually obstruct each others motion extending an earlier model by Popkov and Peschel [1]. This obstruction may occur in biological contexts due to steric hinderance where motor proteins carry cargos by `walking' on microtubules. Similarly, the model serves as a description for classical spin transport where charged particles with internal states move unidirectionally on a lattice. Three regimes of qualitatively different behavior are identified depending on the strength of coupling between the lanes. For small and large coupling strengths the model can be mapped to a one-channel problem, whereas a new and rich phase behavior emerges for intermediate ones. We derive an approximate but quantitatively accurate theoretical description in terms of a one-site cluster approximation, and obtain insight into the phase behavior through the current-density relations combined with an extremal-current principle. Our results are confirmed by stochastic simulations. [1] V. Popkov and I. Peschel, Phys. Rev. E 64, 026126 (2001).
Franosch Thomas
Frey Erwin
Melbinger Anna
Reichenbach Tobias
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