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Area of Science:

  • Statistical physics
  • Complex systems
  • Nonequilibrium dynamics

Background:

  • Stochastic resetting is a key mechanism for creating nonequilibrium steady states.
  • Understanding correlations in many-particle systems is challenging.
  • Unilateral interactions in diffusive processes are common in nature.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analytically derive the steady-state statistics of nested stochastic resetting processes.
  • To calculate exact steady-state two-point correlations between interacting processes.
  • To provide a tractable framework for studying unilateral interactions in random processes.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of nested stochastic resetting processes.
  • Derivation of stationary distributions and moments.
  • Mapping to ordering statistics of random counting processes.

Main Results:

  • Exact analytical solutions for steady-state distributions and moments.
  • Exact calculation of steady-state two-point correlations.
  • Demonstration of tractable correlations in a many-particle nonequilibrium system.

Conclusions:

  • The developed framework offers a model-independent approach for random processes with unilateral interactions.
  • Results provide insights into statistical properties and correlations in nonequilibrium systems.
  • Potential applications include modeling lossy information propagation.