06-231 A. Borodin, P.L. Ferrari, M. Praehofer, T. Sasamoto

Fluctuation properties of the TASEP with periodic initial configuration (508K, Postscript) Aug 26, 06

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Abstract. We consider the joint distributions of particle positions for the continuous time totally asymmetric simple exclusion process (TASEP). They are expressed as Fredholm determinants with a kernel defining a signed determinantal point measure. We then consider certain periodic initial conditions and determine the kernel in the scaling limit. This result has been announced first in a letter by one of us and here we provide a self-contained derivation. Connections to last passage directed percolation and random matrices are also briefly discussed.

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