Dynamics of the leftmost particle in heterogeneous semi-infinite exclusion systems
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| author | Menshikov, Mikhail Popov, Serguei Wade, Andrew |
| author_facet | Menshikov, Mikhail Popov, Serguei Wade, Andrew |
| contents | We study the behaviour of the leftmost particle in a semi-infinite particle system on $\mathbb{Z}$, where each particle performs a continuous-time nearest-neighbour random walk, with particle-specific jump rates, subject to the exclusion interaction (i.e., no more than one particle per site). We give conditions, in terms of the jump rates on the system, under which the leftmost particle is recurrent or transient, and develop tools to study its rate of escape in the transient case, including by comparison with an $M/G/\infty$ queue. In particular we show examples in which the leftmost particle can be null recurrent, positive recurrent, ballistically transient, or subdiffusively transient. Finally we indicate the role of the initial condition in determining the dynamics, and show, for example, that sub-ballistic transience can occur started from close-packed initial configurations but not from stationary initial conditions. |
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| spellingShingle | Dynamics of the leftmost particle in heterogeneous semi-infinite exclusion systems Menshikov, Mikhail Popov, Serguei Wade, Andrew Probability 60K35 (Primary), 60J27, 60K25, 90B22 (Secondary) We study the behaviour of the leftmost particle in a semi-infinite particle system on $\mathbb{Z}$, where each particle performs a continuous-time nearest-neighbour random walk, with particle-specific jump rates, subject to the exclusion interaction (i.e., no more than one particle per site). We give conditions, in terms of the jump rates on the system, under which the leftmost particle is recurrent or transient, and develop tools to study its rate of escape in the transient case, including by comparison with an $M/G/\infty$ queue. In particular we show examples in which the leftmost particle can be null recurrent, positive recurrent, ballistically transient, or subdiffusively transient. Finally we indicate the role of the initial condition in determining the dynamics, and show, for example, that sub-ballistic transience can occur started from close-packed initial configurations but not from stationary initial conditions. |
| title | Dynamics of the leftmost particle in heterogeneous semi-infinite exclusion systems |
| topic | Probability 60K35 (Primary), 60J27, 60K25, 90B22 (Secondary) |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.03492 |