Annals of Probability
- Ann. Probab.
- Volume 33, Number 4 (2005), 1235-1254.
Competition interfaces and second class particles
Pablo A. Ferrari and Leandro P. R. Pimentel
Abstract
The one-dimensional nearest-neighbor totally asymmetric simple exclusion process can be constructed in the same space as a last-passage percolation model in ℤ2. We show that the trajectory of a second class particle in the exclusion process can be linearly mapped into the competition interface between two growing clusters in the last-passage percolation model. Using technology built up for geodesics in percolation, we show that the competition interface converges almost surely to an asymptotic random direction. As a consequence we get a new proof for the strong law of large numbers for the second class particle in the rarefaction fan and describe the distribution of the asymptotic angle of the competition interface.
Article information
Source
Ann. Probab., Volume 33, Number 4 (2005), 1235-1254.
Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 1 July 2005
Permanent link to this document
https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aop/1120224580
Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1214/009117905000000080
Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2150188
Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1078.60083
Subjects
Primary: 60K35: Interacting random processes; statistical mechanics type models; percolation theory [See also 82B43, 82C43]
Secondary: 82B
Keywords
Asymmetric simple exclusion second class particle Burgers equation rarefaction fan last-passage percolation competition interface
Citation
Ferrari, Pablo A.; Pimentel, Leandro P. R. Competition interfaces and second class particles. Ann. Probab. 33 (2005), no. 4, 1235--1254. doi:10.1214/009117905000000080. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aop/1120224580