Phase Coexistence in Driven One-Dimensional Transport

A. Parmeggiani, T. Franosch, and E. Frey
Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 086601 – Published 28 February 2003

Abstract

We study a one-dimensional totally asymmetric exclusion process with random particle attachments and detachments in the bulk. The resulting dynamics leads to unexpected stationary regimes for large but finite systems. Such regimes are characterized by a phase coexistence of low and high density regions separated by domain walls. We use a mean-field approach to interpret the numerical results obtained by Monte Carlo simulations, and we predict the phase diagram of this nonconserved dynamics in the thermodynamic limit.

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  • Received 12 September 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.086601

©2003 American Physical Society

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A. Parmeggiani1, T. Franosch1, and E. Frey1,2

  • 1Hahn-Meitner Institut, Abteilung Theorie, Glienicker Strasse 100, D-14109 Berlin, Germany
  • 2Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, D-14195 Berlin, Germany

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Vol. 90, Iss. 8 — 28 February 2003

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