Hydrodynamics of the Binary Contact Path Process

Abstract

In this paper we are concerned with the binary contact path process introduced in \cite{Gri1983} on the lattice ${\mathbb{Z}}^d$ with $d\ge 3$. Our main result gives a hydrodynamic limit of the process, which is the solution to a heat equation. The proof of our result follows the strategy introduced in \cite{kipnis+landim99} to give hydrodynamic limit of the SEP model with some details modified since the states of all vertices are not uniformly bounded for the binary contact path process. In the modifications, the theory of the linear system introduced in \cite{Lig1985} is utilized.

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