Arrhenius law for interacting diffusive systems
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| author | Kumar, Vishwajeet Pal, Arnab Shpielberg, Ohad |
| author_facet | Kumar, Vishwajeet Pal, Arnab Shpielberg, Ohad |
| contents | Finding the mean time it takes for a particle to escape from a meta-stable state due to thermal fluctuations is a fundamental problem in physics, chemistry and biology. For weak thermal noise, the mean escape time is captured by the Arrhenius law (AL). Despite its ubiquity in nature and wide applicability in practical engineering, the problem is typically limited to single particle physics. Finding a generalized form of the AL for interacting particles has eluded solution for a century. Here, we tackle this outstanding problem and generalize the AL to a class of interacting diffusive systems within the framework of the macroscopic fluctuation theory. The generalized AL is shown to conform a non-trivial yet elegant form that depends crucially on the particle density and inter-particle interactions. We demonstrate our results for the paradigmatic exclusion and inclusion processes to underpin the key effects of repulsive and attractive interactions. Intriguingly, we show how to manipulate the mean escape time using not only temperature, but also the particle density. |
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| spellingShingle | Arrhenius law for interacting diffusive systems Kumar, Vishwajeet Pal, Arnab Shpielberg, Ohad Statistical Mechanics Soft Condensed Matter Biological Physics Chemical Physics Finding the mean time it takes for a particle to escape from a meta-stable state due to thermal fluctuations is a fundamental problem in physics, chemistry and biology. For weak thermal noise, the mean escape time is captured by the Arrhenius law (AL). Despite its ubiquity in nature and wide applicability in practical engineering, the problem is typically limited to single particle physics. Finding a generalized form of the AL for interacting particles has eluded solution for a century. Here, we tackle this outstanding problem and generalize the AL to a class of interacting diffusive systems within the framework of the macroscopic fluctuation theory. The generalized AL is shown to conform a non-trivial yet elegant form that depends crucially on the particle density and inter-particle interactions. We demonstrate our results for the paradigmatic exclusion and inclusion processes to underpin the key effects of repulsive and attractive interactions. Intriguingly, we show how to manipulate the mean escape time using not only temperature, but also the particle density. |
| title | Arrhenius law for interacting diffusive systems |
| topic | Statistical Mechanics Soft Condensed Matter Biological Physics Chemical Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.06879 |