3 papers
cond-mat.stat-mech2026
Equilibrium-like statistical mechanics in space-time for a deterministic traffic model far from equilibrium
Aryaman Jha, Kurt Wiesenfeld, Jorge Laval
Motivated by earlier numerical evidence for a percolation-like transition in space-time jamming, we present an analytic description of the transient dynamics of the deterministic t…
nlin.CD2025
Universal Scaling Laws in Freeway Traffic
Garyoung Lee, Aryaman Jha, Kurt Wiesenfeld +1
Traffic congestion, a daily frustration for millions and a multi-billion dollar drain on economies, has long resisted deep physical understanding. While simple theoretical models o…
cond-mat.stat-mech2025
Evidence of Non-Equilibrium Critical Phenomena in a Simple Model of Traffic
Aryaman Jha, Kurt Wiesenfeld, Garyoung Lee +1
We present a novel approach to understand vehicular traffic jams by studying a simple model, Elementary Cellular Automaton Rule 184 (ECA 184). Using key traffic observables, such a…