" Asymmetric Simple Exclusion Process: Integrable
Structure and Limit Theorems
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Craig Tracy, University of California, Davis
The asymmetric simple exclusion process (ASEP) is a continuous time
Markov process of interacting particles on a lattice
L. ASEP is
defined by: (1) A particle at x in
L waits an exponential
time with parameter one, and then chooses y in
L with
probability p(x, y); (2) If y is vacant at that time it moves to
y, while if y is occupied it remains at x (and resets its
clock). In this lecture we consider the ASEP on the integer lattice
Z with nearest neighbor jump rule: p(x, x + 1) = p, p(x, x
- 1) = 1
- p and p not equal 1/2. When p = 1 or 0 the model is called
TASEP. The integrable structure of ASEP is that of Bethe Ansatz. For
step initial condition our limit law extends the work of
K. Johansson on TASEP to ASEP. In the case of step Bernoulli initial
condition, our limit law extends the work of M. Prähofer,
H. Spohn, I. Corwin and G. Ben Arous on TASEP to ASEP. It should be
noted that TASEP is a determinantal process whereas ASEP is not; and
thus, new methods are required for ASEP. This is joint work with
HAROLD WIDOM.