Equilibrium-like statistical mechanics in space-time for a deterministic traffic model far from equilibrium
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| author | Jha, Aryaman Wiesenfeld, Kurt Laval, Jorge |
| author_facet | Jha, Aryaman Wiesenfeld, Kurt Laval, Jorge |
| contents | Motivated by earlier numerical evidence for a percolation-like transition in space-time jamming, we present an analytic description of the transient dynamics of the deterministic traffic model elementary cellular automaton rule 184 (ECA184). By exploiting the deterministic structure of the dynamics, we reformulate the problem in terms of a height function constructed directly from the initial condition, and obtain an equilibrium statistical mechanics-like description over the lattice configurations. This formulation allows macroscopic observables in space-time, such as the total jam delay and jam relaxation time, as well as microscopic jam statistics, to be expressed in terms of geometric properties of the height function. We thereby derive the associated scaling forms and recover the critical exponents previously observed in numerical studies. We discuss the physical implications of this space-time geometric approach. |
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| spellingShingle | Equilibrium-like statistical mechanics in space-time for a deterministic traffic model far from equilibrium Jha, Aryaman Wiesenfeld, Kurt Laval, Jorge Statistical Mechanics Mathematical Physics 82B20 Motivated by earlier numerical evidence for a percolation-like transition in space-time jamming, we present an analytic description of the transient dynamics of the deterministic traffic model elementary cellular automaton rule 184 (ECA184). By exploiting the deterministic structure of the dynamics, we reformulate the problem in terms of a height function constructed directly from the initial condition, and obtain an equilibrium statistical mechanics-like description over the lattice configurations. This formulation allows macroscopic observables in space-time, such as the total jam delay and jam relaxation time, as well as microscopic jam statistics, to be expressed in terms of geometric properties of the height function. We thereby derive the associated scaling forms and recover the critical exponents previously observed in numerical studies. We discuss the physical implications of this space-time geometric approach. |
| title | Equilibrium-like statistical mechanics in space-time for a deterministic traffic model far from equilibrium |
| topic | Statistical Mechanics Mathematical Physics 82B20 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.08991 |