Poincaré cycle of a multibox Ehrenfest urn model with directed transport

Details Poincaré cycle of a multibox Ehrenfest urn model with directed transport Poincaré cycle of a multibox Ehrenfest urn model with directed transport

2002-10-16

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0210338v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

10 pages revtex file with 7 eps figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.67.031101

We propose a generalized Ehrenfest urn model of many urns arranged periodically along a circle. The evolution of the urn model system is governed by a directed stochastic operation. Method for solving an $N$-ball, $M$-urn problem of this model is presented. The evolution of the system is studied in detail. We find that the average number of balls in a certain urn oscillates several times before it reaches a stationary value. This behavior seems to be a peculiar feature of this directed urn model. We also calculate the Poincar\'{e} cycle, i.e., the average time interval required for the system to return to its initial configuration. The result can be easily understood by counting the total number of all possible microstates of the system.

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