Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2006-07-14
Phys. Rev. E74, 061101 (2006)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
11 pages, 11 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.74.061101
We study the stationary properties as well as the non-stationary dynamics of the one-dimensional partially asymmetric exclusion process with position dependent random hop rates. In a finite system of $L$ sites the stationary current, $J$, is determined by the largest barrier and the corresponding waiting time, $\tau \sim J^{-1}$, is related to the waiting time of a single random walker, $\tau_{rw}$, as $\tau \sim \tau_{rw}^{1/2}$. The current is found to vanish as: $J \sim L^{-z/2}$, where $z$ is the dynamical exponent of the biased single particle Sinai walk. Typical stationary states are phase separated: At the largest barrier almost all particles queue at one side and almost all holes are at the other side. The high-density (low-density) region, is divided into $\sim L^{1/2}$ connected parts of particles (holes) which are separated by islands of holes (particles) located at the subleading barriers (valleys). We also study non-stationary processes of the system, like coarsening and invasion. Finally we discuss some related models, where particles of larger size or multiple occupation of lattice sites is considered.
Igloi Ferenc
Juhasz Róbert
Santen Ludger
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