Scaling limits of weakly asymmetric interfaces

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Abstract: We consider three models of evolving interfaces intimately related to the weakly asymmetric simple exclusion process with N particles on a finite lattice of 2N sites. Our Model 1 defines an evolving bridge on [0,1], our Model 1-w an evolving excursion on [0,1] while our Model 2 consists of an evolving pair of non-crossing bridges on [0,1]. Based on the observation that the invariant measures of the dynamics depend on the area under (or between) the interface(s), we characterise the scaling limits of the invariant measures when the asymmetry of the exclusion process scales like N−frac32. Then, we show that the scaling limits of the dynamics themselves are expressed in terms of variants of the stochastic heat equation. In particular, in Model 1-w we obtain the well-studied reflected stochastic heat equation introduced by Nualart and Pardoux.


One considers evolving interfaces associated with the weakly asymmetric exclusion process with \(N\) particles on a finite lattice of \(2N\) sites, and one proposes various models. MODEL 1 defines an interface which turns to be the height function associated with a weakly asymmetric simple exclusion process (WASEP). MODEL 1-w is derived from MODEL 1 by specifying that the interface remains non-negative. MODEL 2 is exactly a pair of interfaces, each one being associated to a WASEP, but with the condition that these interfaces cannot cross. It is shown that, for every \(N\) greater than the unity, the continuous-time Markov chain defined by anyone of these three models admits a unique invariant, reversible probability measure the expression of which is fully defined in terms of the exponential function.



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