Asymptotic speed of second class particles in a rarefaction fan
Speaker:
Eric Cator, Tu Delft
Date and Time:
Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 10:30am to 11:15am
Location:
Fields Institute, Room 230
Abstract:
In this talk we will consider one or more second class particles in a rarefaction fan in Hammersley's process or TASEP. We will show how we can use the concept of the Busemann function to characterize the joint distribution of the asymptotic speeds of the second class particles in an arbitrary deterministic initial configuration. We will show some examples for which we can actually calculate this distribution exactly.