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PHYSICAL REVIEW E
Volume 87, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.87.032115
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- Spanish MICINN [FIS2009-08451]
- University of Granada
- Junta de Andalucia Projects [P07-FQM02725, P09-FQM4682]
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We consider fluctuations of the time-averaged current in the one-dimensional weakly asymmetric exclusion process on a ring. The optimal density profile which sustains a given fluctuation exhibits an instability for low enough currents, where it becomes time dependent. This instability corresponds to a dynamical phase transition in the system fluctuation behavior: while typical current fluctuations result from the sum of weakly correlated local events and are still associated with the flat, steady-state density profile, for currents below a critical threshold, the system self-organizes into a macroscopic jammed state in the form of a coherent traveling wave, which hinders transport of particles and thus facilitates a time-averaged current fluctuation well below the average current. We analyze in detail this phenomenon using advanced Monte Carlo simulations, and work out macroscopic fluctuation theory predictions, finding very good agreement in all cases. In particular, we study not only the current large-deviation function, but also the critical current threshold, the associated optimal density profiles, and the traveling-wave velocity, analyzing in depth finite-size effects and hence providing a detailed characterization of the dynamical transition. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.87.032115
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