The Motion of a Tagged Particle in the Simple Symmetric Exclusion System on $Z$
Arratia, Richard
Ann. Probab., Tome 11 (1983) no. 4, p. 362-373 / Harvested from Project Euclid
Consider a system of particles moving on the integers with a simple exclusion interaction: each particle independently attempts to execute a simple symmetric random walk, but any jump which would carry a particle to an already occupied site is suppressed. For the system running in equilibrium, we analyze the motion of a tagged particle. This solves a problem posed in Spitzer's 1970 paper "Interaction of Markov Processes." The analogous question for systems which are not one-dimensional, nearest-neighbor, and either symmetric or one-sided remains open. A key tool is Harris's theorem on positive correlations in attractive Markov processes. Results are also obtained for the rightmost particle in the exclusion system with initial configuration $Z^-$, and for comparison systems based on the order statistics of independent motions on the line.
Publié le : 1983-05-14
Classification:  Interacting particle system,  simple exclusion process,  random permutations,  correlation inequalities,  60K35
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Arratia, Richard. The Motion of a Tagged Particle in the Simple Symmetric Exclusion System on $Z$. Ann. Probab., Tome 11 (1983) no. 4, pp.  362-373. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/1176993602/