We develop a mean-field theory for the totally asymmetric simple exclusion process (TASEP) with open boundaries, in order to investigate the socalled dynamical transition. The latter phenomenon appears as a singularity in the relaxation rate of the system toward its non-equilibrium steady state. In the highdensity (low-density) phase, the relaxation rate becomes independent of the injection (extraction) rate, at a certain critical value of the parameter itself, and this transition is not accompanied by any qualitative change in the steady-state behavior. We characterize the relaxation rate by providing rigorous bounds, which become tight in the thermodynamic limit. These results are generalized to the TASEP with Langmuir kinetics, where particles can also bind to empty sites or unbind from occupied ones, in the symmetric case of equal binding/unbinding rates. The theory predicts a dynamical transition to occur in this case as well.PACS numbers: 02.50. Ga, 05.50.+q, 89.75.-k § Note however that a distinction of the HD phase into the subphases HD' and HD" (and of LD into LD' and LD") does not appear, because, in analogy with the pure TASEP, it cannot be detected by the mean-field theory alone.
We study the dynamics of an asymmetric simple exclusion process with open boundaries and local interactions using a pair approximation which generalizes the 2-node cluster mean field theory and the Markov chain approach to kinetics and shares with these approaches the property of reproducing exact results for the bulk current-density relation and the steady state phase diagrams. We find that the relaxation rate exhibits a dynamical transition, with no static counterpart, analogous to that found without interactions. Remarkably, for some values of the model's parameters, we find 2 dynamical transitions in the same low density phase. We study the dynamics of relaxation to the steady state on both sides of these transitions and make an attempt at providing a physical interpretation for this phenomenon. Results from numerical approaches and a modified Domain Wall Theory confirm the picture provided by the pair approximation. p-7
In a previous study we developed a mean-field theory of dynamical transitions for the totally-asymmetric simple-exclusion process with open boundaries and Langmuir kinetics, in the so-called balanced regime, characterized by equal binding and unbinding rates. Here we show that simply including the possibility of unbalanced rates gives rise to an unexpectedly richer dynamical phase diagram. In particular, the current work predicts an unusual type of dynamical transition, which exhibits certain similarities with first-order phase transitions of equilibrium systems. We also point out that different types of dynamical transition are accompanied by different structural changes in the (mean-field) relaxation spectrum.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.