Generalized Density Profiles in Single-File Systems

Olivier Benichou (Sorbonne U, Paris)

Sep 27. 2022, 09:00 — 09:45

Single-file transport, where particles diffuse in narrow channels while not overtaking each other, is a fundamental model for the tracer subdiffusion observed in confined systems, such as zeolites or carbon nanotubes. This anomalous behavior originates from strong bath-tracer correlations in 1D, which have however remained elusive, because they involve an infinite hierarchy of equations. 

For the Symmetric Exclusion Process, a paradigmatic model of single-file diffusion, this hierarchy of equations can in fact be broken, and  the bath-tracer correlations satisfy a closed equation, which can be solved. I will suggest that this equation appears as a novel tool for interacting particle systems, since it also applies to out-of equilibrium situations, other observables and other representative single-file systems. 

Further Information
Venue:
ESI Schrödinger and Boltzmann Lecture Hall
Recordings:
Recording
Associated Event:
Large Deviations, Extremes and Anomalous Transport in Non-equilibrium Systems (Thematic Programme)
Organizer(s):
Christoph Dellago (U of Vienna)
Satya Majumdar (U Paris Sud, Orsay)
David Mukamel (Weizmann Institute, Rehovot)
Harald Posch (U of Vienna)
Gregory Schehr (U Paris Sud, Orsay)