Population dynamics simulations of large deviations for three subclasses of the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang universality class

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Auteurs principaux: Yanagibashi, Yuta, Takeuchi, Kazumasa A.
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author Yanagibashi, Yuta
Takeuchi, Kazumasa A.
author_facet Yanagibashi, Yuta
Takeuchi, Kazumasa A.
contents Recent theoretical studies have gradually deepened our understanding of the one-dimensional (1D) Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) universality class even in the large deviation regime, but numerical methods for studying KPZ large deviations remain limited. Here we implement a method based on the population dynamics algorithm for studying large deviations of time-integrated local currents in the totally asymmetric simple exclusion process (TASEP), which is a pragmatic model in the 1D KPZ class. Carrying out simulations for the three representative initial conditions, namely step, flat, and stationary ones, we not only confirm theoretical predictions available for the step case, but also characterize large deviations for the flat and stationary cases which have not been investigated before. We reveal in particular an unexpected robustness of the deeply negative large deviation regime with respect to different initial conditions. We attribute this robustness to the spontaneous formation of a wedge shape in interface profile. Our population dynamics approach may serve as a versatile method for studying large deviations in the KPZ class numerically and, potentially, even experimentally.
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spellingShingle Population dynamics simulations of large deviations for three subclasses of the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang universality class
Yanagibashi, Yuta
Takeuchi, Kazumasa A.
Statistical Mechanics
Probability
Recent theoretical studies have gradually deepened our understanding of the one-dimensional (1D) Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) universality class even in the large deviation regime, but numerical methods for studying KPZ large deviations remain limited. Here we implement a method based on the population dynamics algorithm for studying large deviations of time-integrated local currents in the totally asymmetric simple exclusion process (TASEP), which is a pragmatic model in the 1D KPZ class. Carrying out simulations for the three representative initial conditions, namely step, flat, and stationary ones, we not only confirm theoretical predictions available for the step case, but also characterize large deviations for the flat and stationary cases which have not been investigated before. We reveal in particular an unexpected robustness of the deeply negative large deviation regime with respect to different initial conditions. We attribute this robustness to the spontaneous formation of a wedge shape in interface profile. Our population dynamics approach may serve as a versatile method for studying large deviations in the KPZ class numerically and, potentially, even experimentally.
title Population dynamics simulations of large deviations for three subclasses of the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang universality class
topic Statistical Mechanics
Probability
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.04357