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All-electronic Nanosecond-resolved Scanning Tunneling Microscopy: Facilitating the Investigation of Single Dopant Charge Dynamics

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Exact dynamical state of the exclusive queueing process with deterministic hopping.

Chikashi Arita¹, Andreas Schadschneider

¹Institut de Physique Théorique, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. chikashi.arita@cea.fr

Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

|December 21, 2011

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The exclusive queueing process models spatial queues. This study analyzes deterministic bulk hopping (p=1) to derive exact dynamical properties and system density profiles using matrix product methods.

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Area of Science:

Statistical Mechanics
Queueing Theory
Complex Systems Modeling

Background:

The exclusive queueing process (EQP) models queue dynamics considering spatial structure.
EQP can be viewed as a totally asymmetric exclusion process with variable length.

Purpose of the Study:

Investigate the deterministic bulk hopping case (p=1) within the EQP framework.
Obtain exact nontrivial results for dynamical properties in this specific EQP scenario.

Main Methods:

Employ a time-dependent matrix product approach.
Analyze the system's dynamical properties, including the density profile.

Main Results:

Exact nontrivial dynamical properties were obtained for the p=1 bulk hopping case.
The density profile of the system was successfully calculated.

Conclusions:

The deterministic bulk hopping (p=1) in EQP allows for exact analytical solutions.
Matrix product methods are effective for calculating dynamical properties in spatially structured queues.