Traffic jams induced by rare switching events in two-lane transport

Reichenbach, Tobias; Frey, Erwin und Franosch, Thomas (Juni 2007): Traffic jams induced by rare switching events in two-lane transport. In: New Journal of Physics, Bd. 9, Nr. 6: S. 159-1

Abstract

We investigate a model for driven exclusion processes where internal states are assigned to the particles. The latter account for diverse situations, ranging from spin states in spintronics to parallel lanes in intracellular or vehicular traffic. Introducing a coupling between the internal states by allowing particles to switch from one to another induces an intriguing polarization phenomenon. In a mesoscopic scaling, a rich stationary regime for the density profiles is discovered, with localized domain walls in the density profile of one of the internal states being feasible. We derive the shape of the density profiles as well as resulting phase diagrams analytically by a mean-field approximation and a continuum limit. Continuous as well as discontinuous lines of phase transition emerge, their intersections induce multi-critical behaviour.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Publikationsform: Publisher's Version
• Fakultät: Physik
• Themengebiete: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 530 Physik
• ISSN: 1367-2630
• Ort: TEMPLE CIRCUS, TEMPLE WAY, BRISTOL BS1 6BE, ENGLAND
• Sprache: Englisch