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" Asymmetric Simple Exclusion Process: Integrable Structure and Limit Theorems "
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.