Universal large-deviation function of the Kardar–Parisi–Zhang equation in one dimension

Bernard Derrida (1, 2) , C. Appert

1 UPMC - Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6
2 LPS - Laboratoire de Physique Statistique de l'ENS

Using the Bethe ansatz, we calculate the whole large-deviation function of the displacement of particles in the asymmetric simple exclusion process (ASEP) on a ring. When the size of the ring is large, the central part of this large deviation function takes a scaling form independent of the density of particles. We suggest that this scaling function found for the ASEP is universal and should be characteristic of all the systems described by the Kardar–Parisi–Zhang equation in 1+1 dimension. Simulations done on two simple growth models are in reasonable agreement with this conjecture.

Domaines: Physique [physics]

Bernard Derrida, C. Appert. Universal large-deviation function of the Kardar–Parisi–Zhang equation in one dimension. Journal of Statistical Physics, 1999, 94 (1-2), pp.1-30. ⟨10.1023/A:1004599526997⟩. ⟨hal-03285609⟩