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  • Clustering and finite size ...
    Chacko, Jim; Muhuri, Sudipto; Tripathy, Goutam

    Indian journal of physics, 04/2024, Letnik: 98, Številka: 4
    Journal Article

    We study a two-species totally asymmetric exclusion process (TASEP) in 1D lattice in which the particles of both species move stochastically in opposite directions (with rate v ) and switch directions stochastically (with rate α ) while adjacent a particle of either species. We focus on the cluster size distribution P ( m ), where a cluster is taken to be a contiguous set of sites occupied by either species, as a function of Q = v / α . For a total density ρ of particles, in the limit Q → 0 , the cluster size distribution is shown to be P ( m ) = 1 / ρ - 1 e - m / ln ρ and the mean cluster size ⟨ m ⟩ = 1 / ( 1 - ρ ) , results which are independent of Q and are identical to those for the simple exclusion process. By contrast, in the opposite limit, Q ≫ 1 , we find the average cluster size, ⟨ m ⟩ ∝ Q 1 / 2 —similar to the that for the persistent exclusion process (PEP), although the cluster size distributions are different in both limits. We further find that, for a finite system with L sites, the probability distribution of cluster sizes exhibits a distinct peak which corresponds to the formation of a single cluster of size m s = ρ L . However, this peak vanishes in the thermodynamic limit L → ∞ . Interestingly, the probability of this largest size cluster, P ( m s ) , for different L , ρ and Q exhibits data collapse in terms of the scaled variable Q s ≡ Q / L 2 ρ ( 1 - ρ ) . The statistical features of the clustering observed for this minimal model may be relevant for active particle systems in 1D.