Tuesday, August 21, 2012

1208.4089 (Jiajia Dong et al.)

Entrainment and unit velocity: Surprises in an accelerated exclusion
process
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Jiajia Dong, Stefan Klumpp, Royce K. P. Zia
We introduce a class of distance-dependent interactions in an accelerated exclusion process (AEP) inspired by the observation of transcribing RNA polymerase speeding up when "pushed" by a trailing one. On a ring, the AEP steady state displays a discontinuous transition, from being homogeneous (with augmented currents) to phase-segregated. In the latter state, the holes appear loosely bound and move together, much like a train. Surprisingly, the current-density relation is simply $J=1-\rho$, signifying that the "hole-train" travels with \textit{unit} velocity.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1208.4089

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