Correlation and fluctuation in a random average process on an infinite line with a driven tracer. (25th May 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cividini, J; Kundu, A; Majumdar, Satya N; Mukamel, D
• Is Part Of: Journal of statistical mechanics. (2016:May)
• Publication Date: 2016-05-25
• Subjects: Statistical mechanics -- Periodicals; Mechanics -- Statistical methods -- Periodicals; 530.1305
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2016/05/053212
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-5468

Abstract

Abstract: We study the effect of a single biased tracer particle in a bath of other particles performing the random average process (RAP) on an infinite line. We focus on the long time behavior of the mean and the fluctuations of the positions of the particles and also the correlations among them. In the long time t limit these quantities have well defined scaling forms and grow with time as t . A differential equation for the scaling function associated with the correlation function is obtained and solved perturbatively around the solution for a symmetric tracer. Interestingly, when the tracer is totally asymmetric, further progress is enabled by the fact that the particles behind the tracer do not affect the motion of the particles in front of it, which leads in particular to an exact expression for the variance of the position of the tracer. Finally, the variance and correlations of the gaps between successive particles are also studied. Numerical simulations support our analytical results.