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Motion of a driven tracer particle in a one-dimensional symmetric lattice gas

arXiv:cond-mat/9607073 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.54.3165

Abstract

We study the dynamics of a tracer particle subject to a constant driving force in a one-dimensional lattice gas of hard-core particles whose transition rates are symmetric. We show that the mean displacement of the driven tracer grows in time, , as , rather than the linear time dependence found for driven diffusion in the bath of non-interacting (ghost) particles. The prefactor is determined implicitly, as the solution of a transcendental equation, for an arbitrary magnitude of the driving force and an arbitrary concentration of the lattice gas particles. In limiting cases the prefactor is obtained explicitly. Analytical predictions are seen to be in a good agreement with the results of numerical simulations.

21 pages, LaTeX, 4 Postscript fugures, to be published in Phys. Rev. E, (01Sep, 1996)

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